The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-34874-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Second World War History

"We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring the aid that we, inhabitants of a free and fortunate country, gave to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster." This declaration, made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the Jewish communities in Sweden, was truer than anyone could have forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive issue – Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in Europe during the years 1933–45 and what determined their policies and actions?

Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, including the range of activities in which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities presented by official refugee policy in Sweden.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rudberg, Pontus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 The first phase (1933–1938)

2 The second phase (from November 1938 to the outbreak of the war)

3 The third phase (From the outbreak of the war to September 1941)

4 The fourth phase (1941-1945)

5 The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pontus Rudberg holds a PhD in history. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Hugo Valentin Centre at Uppsala University in Sweden.