Arrows in the dark : David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust / Tuvia Friling ; translated by Ora Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friling, Tuvia.

Standardized Title:

Ḥets ba-ʻarafel. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Ben-Gurion, David.

World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.

World War, 1939-1945.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Palestine--Politics and government--20th century.

Jews.

Palestine--History--1929-1948.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (704 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arrows in the Dark recounts and analyzes the many efforts of aid and rescue made by the Jewish community of Palestine-the Yishuv-to provide assistance to European Jews facing annihilation by the Nazis. Tuvia Friling provides a detailed account of the activities carried out at the behest of David Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv leadership, from daring attempts to extract Jews from Nazi-occupied territory, to proposals for direct negotiations with the Nazis. Through its rich array of detail and primary documentation, this book shows the wide scope and complexity of Yishuv activity at this time, refuting the idea that Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv ignored the plight of European Jews during the Holocaust.

Contents:

v. 1. Confronting the information; Phases of acknowledging: information, consciousness, mental and emotional processing ; Protest: political tool or substitute for action? ; Lightning rod: establishing the rescue committee ; Rescue plans ; "Or we shall have no repentance": plans to rescue children ; Dealing with the Devil: the 1942 and 1943 ransom plans ; Between the hammer and the anvil in 1944: continuing efforts to rescue children and the struggle for immigration to Palestine ; The secret partnership

v. 2. "A one-in-a-million chance": attempts to rescue Hungarian Jewry and negotiations toward the end of the war ; Bombing to deter and stultify ; Financing of rescue attempts and assistance ; At the edge of the abyss: financial maneuvers by Ben-Gurion and Kaplan, 1942-1943 ; Financing aid and rescue activity in liberated Europe ; The Jewish Agency budget and fund-raising appeals in Palestine ; Fund-raising campaigns abroad ; Money transfers ; Funding aid and rescue operations: a summary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612269028

9781282269026

128226902X

9780299175535

0299175537

OCLC:

162149203

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06630 hdl