Trading in Lives? Operations of the Jewish Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, 1944-1945
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789637326301
Subjects: Demonstrations & protest movements; European history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; History: World; Europe - Austria & Hungary; World War, 1939-1945; History; History - General History; Jews; Hungary; Holocaust; Eastern Europe - General; Rescue; Budapest; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Persecutions
First sentence: From the fall of 1941 on, the persecution of Jews intensified in the countries surrounding the Kingdom of Hungary.
Description: "Set in the tumultuous times of 1944-45 Europe, this book analyzes the relationship between the operations of the Badapest Relief and Rescue Committee, the Nazi occupation of Hungary, and the deportation of the Hungarian Jews - one of the few remaining Jewish communities left in Europe."--Jacket.