A Fatal Balancing ACT: The Dilemma of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, 1939-1945. Beate Meyer

Meyer, Beate

ISBN 10: 1782380272 / ISBN 13: 9781782380276

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2013

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000362137

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<p>In 1939 all German Jews had to become members of a newly founded Reich Association. The Jewish functionaries of this organization were faced with circumstances and events that forced them to walk a fine line between responsible action and collaboration. They had hoped to support mass emigration, mitigate the consequences of the anti-Jewish measures, and take care of the remaining community. When the Nazis forbade emigration and started mass deportations in 1941, the functionaries decided to cooperate to prevent the “worst.” In choosing to cooperate, they came into direct opposition with the interests of their members, who were then deported. In June 1943 all unprotected Jews were deported along with their representatives, and the so-called intermediaries supplied the rest of the community, which consisted of Jews living in mixed marriages. The study deals with the tasks of these men, the fate of the Jews in mixed marriages, and what happened to the survivors after the war.</p>

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: <p><strong>Beate Meyer</strong> is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg, Germany and is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Hamburg. She has been a Fellow at the International Institute of Holocaust Research in Yad Vashem/Jerusalem (2000/2001) and the USHMM (2010). Recent publications include <em>Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation</em> (co-edited, University of Chicago Press 2009).</p>

Beate Meyer is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg, Germany and is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Hamburg. She has been a Fellow at the International Institute of Holocaust Research in Yad Vashem/Jerusalem (2000/2001) and the USHMM (2010). Recent publications include Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation (co-edited, University of Chicago Press 2009).

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Titel: A Fatal Balancing ACT: The Dilemma of the ...
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Very Good