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Judenrat; the Jewish councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi occupation. Introd. by Jacob Robinson.

Title
Judenrat; the Jewish councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi occupation. Introd. by Jacob Robinson.
Author
Trunk, Isaiah
Publication
New York, Macmillan [1972]

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Description
xxxv, 664 p. illus.; 24 cm.
Summary
German authorities established in each ghetto a Jewish Council, to carry out Nazi directives -- to carry out living arrangements, to supply forced labor, and eventually to cooperate in the Final Solution.
Subject
  • Geschichte 1939-1945
  • 1900-1999
  • Jews > Europe, Eastern > Politics and government
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: some basic issues that faced the Jewish Councils / Jacob Robinson -- The official decrees establishing the Jewish councils -- The emergence of the Jewish councils and their composition -- The central Jewish councils -- The organizational structure of the Jewish councils -- The economic situation of the Jews and the activities of Jewish councils -- Public welfare -- Medical aid -- Administrative, judicial, and police duties -- Religion, education, and other cultural activities -- The finances of the Jewish councils -- The Jewish councils and the occupation authorities -- The fluctuation in the composition of the councils -- The councils and the Jewish service organizations -- The personnel of the Jewish councils -- Mutual relations between the Jewish councils and the diverse groups in the ghettos -- The strategy and tactics of the councils toward the German authorities -- The attiitude of the councils toward physical resistance -- The ghetto police -- Opposition to the Jewish councils and the ghetto police -- Postwar trials of councilmen and ghetto police -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: analysis of the evaluation of the behavior of Jewish council members in our poll and in some eyewitness accounts -- Appendix II: Organizational rules of the Warsaw ghetto police confirmed by the German District Administration on November 29, 1940.
LCCN
^^^70173692^//r953
OCLC
  • 482285
  • SCSB-10232042
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library