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Judenrat : the Jewish councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi occupation / Isiah Trunk ; introd. by Jacob Robinson.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks D810.J4 T784 1972
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trunk, Isaiah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish councils--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
- Jewish councils.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Politics and government.
- Jews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Eastern Europe.
- Local Subjects:
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 664 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan, [1972]
- Summary:
- German autorities 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-650) and indexes.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Holocaust, Winner, 1975
- Local Notes:
- Acc.# c.1 4527; c.2 9093
- Other Format:
- Online version: Trunk, Isaiah. Judenrat.
- OCLC:
- 482285
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