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Heroes, antiheroes, and the Holocaust : American Jewry and historical choice / David Morrison.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks JGSP D 804.3 .M67 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, David, 1941 November 19-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Jews--United States--Politics and government.
- Jews.
- Jews--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [2nd ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem ; New York : Gefen ; [New London, NH] : Milah Press, ©1999.
- Summary:
- As a US psychiatrist who made aliyah (i.e. moved) to Israel and as founding director of MILAH, a Jerusalem institute for Hebrew language and cultural enrichment, Morrison offers insights into the internal political and motivational forces limiting American Jewry anti-Nazi action in the 1930s and 1940s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
- Contents:
- Part I American Jewry Organizes
- Part II The War Years
- Part III Understanding History.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Morrison, David, 1941 November 19- Heroes, antiheroes, and the Holocaust.
- ISBN:
- 9652292109
- 9789652292100
- OCLC:
- 40907559
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