The Jewish press and the Holocaust, 1939-1945 : Palestine, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union / Yosef Gorny ; translated by Naftali Greenwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorni, Yosef.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish press--Palestine--History.

Jewish press.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Press coverage--Palestine.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jewish press--England--History--20th century.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Press coverage--England.

Jewish press--United States--History--20th century.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Press coverage--United States.

Jewish press--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Press coverage--Soviet Union.

Gruenbaum, Yiẓḥak, 1879-1970.

Gruenbaum, Yiẓḥak.

Press coverage.

History.

Soviet Union.

United States.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 284 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This book shows the reaction of the Jewish press in the free countries in the face of the Holocaust.

Contents:

Introduction: The transnational community

I. From concern to outcry 1939-1942. Chapt. I. The Hebrew-language press in Palestine (Davar, Hatzofe, Ha'aretz, Haboqer, Hamashqif)

Chapt. 2. Sounding the alarm: the American Jewish press, 1939-1942

II. The illusion dashed 1942-1945

Chapt. 3. The Hebrew-language press in Palestine

Chapt. 4. The American Jewish press

Chapt. 5. The British Jewish press, 1939-1945

Chapt. 6. The brief days of Jewish national unity: Aynikayt, 1942-1945

III. The individual confronts the horror

Chapt. 7. Itzhak Gruenbaum: the main defendant

Chapt. 8. The optimism that deludes the intellectuals

Chapt. 9. Between Lidice and Majdanek

Chapt. 10. Remarks on the continuing Jewish angst

Chapt. 11. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107011311

1107011310

OCLC:

729345989