Escapees : the history of Jews who fled Nazi deportation trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands / Tanja von Fransecky ; translated by Benjamin Liebelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fransecky, Tanja von, author.

Contributor:

Liebelt, Benjamin, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust survivors--Netherlands.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--France.

Holocaust survivors--Belgium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

English language edition

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2019]

Summary:

Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps. In France, Belgium, and the Netherlands alone over 750 men, women and children undertook such dramatic escape attempts, despite the extraordinary uncertainty and physical danger they often faced. Drawing upon extensive interviews and a wealth of new historical evidence, Escapees gives a fascinating collective account of this hitherto neglected form of resistance to Nazi persecution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Deportations from Western Europe

2. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in France

3. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in Belgium

4. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in the Netherlands

5. Summary

Concluding Observations

Sources and Bibliography

Index of Places

Index of Names

Index of Organizations

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-980-3

1-78533-887-0