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

Author
Trunk, Isaiah [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, Macmillan [1972]
Description
xxxv, 664 p. illus. 24 cm.

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      Subject(s)
      Summary note
      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.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references.
      Action note
      Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
      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
      RCP
      H - S
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