The atrocity of hunger : starvation in the Warsaw, Łódź, and Kraków Ghettos during World War II / Helene J. Sinnreich, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinnreich, Helene Julia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

War and society--Poland--History--20th century.

War and society.

Starvation--History--20th century.

Starvation.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Poland.

Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.

Jewish ghettos.

Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.

Atrocities.

Food supply.

Poland.

Poland--Łódź.

Poland--Warsaw.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book focuses on the Jews in the Łódź, Warsaw, and Kraków ghettos as they struggled to survive the deadly Nazi ghetto and in particular, the genocidal famine conditions. Jews had no control over Nazi food policy but they could-and did-attempt to survive the deadly conditions of Nazi ghettoization through a range of coping mechanisms and survival strategies. This book tells their story"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Nazi Invasion: Violence, Displacement, and Expropriation

Jewish Leadership

The Supply and Distribution of Food: Strategies and Priorities

The Physical, Mental, and Social Effects of Hunger

Hunger and Everyday Life in the Ghetto

Socioeconomic Status and Food Access

Relief Systems and Charity

Illicit Food Access: Smuggling, Theft, and the Black Market

Labor and Food in the Ghettos

Deportations and the End of the Ghettos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009100083

1009100084

OCLC:

1319010475

Publisher Number:

99993943038