Britain and the Jews of Europe, 1939-45 - Hardcover

Wasserstein, Bernard

9780718501822: Britain and the Jews of Europe, 1939-45

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718501829 ISBN 13: 9780718501822

Publisher: Leicester University Press, 1999

Examines British policy towards the "Jewish problem" during World War II. Based on archival sources, the book explores the reasons for the near-total ban on Jewish refugee immigration into Britain, the restrictive immigration policy in Palestine, the failure to aid Jewish resistance in Europe and the rejection of the scheme for the Allied bombing of Auschwitz. The author presents a story of bureaucratic complacency, inhumanity and blindness to the Jewish catastrophe in Europe. This revised edition takes into account papers opened since the first edition, including intelligence materials, and subsequent scholarship.

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About the Author:

About the Author Bernard Wasserstein is Professor of History and Chairman of the History Department at Brandeis University. His other books include The British in Palestine and The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln.

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