The Blue and the Yellow Stars of David: The Zionist Leadership in Palestine and the Holocaust, 1939-1945

by Dina Porat

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ISBN-13:	9780674436176
Publisher:	Harvard
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Edition description:	Reprint 2014 ed.
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Porat Dina :

Dina Porat is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History, Tel Aviv University.

Editorial Reviews

The shadow of World War II still looms large. Though the extent of the atrocities committed against the Jews during this period is well known, there has not hitherto been a comprehensive study on the reactions of the Palestinian Jewish community (the Yishuv ), particularly its leadership, to the fate of their European brethren. The few articles and smaller studies that have appeared over the past two decades indicate that this leadership did not do everything it could to save European Jewry. In this comprehensive study, Porat (Tel Aviv Univ.) examines what the Yishuv' s leadership knew, when, and how they responded. Based on previously unexamined archival sources, she answers these questions convincingly and with sensitivity and perception. This will no doubt be the standard work on the subject. It includes a comprehensive bibliography and biographical glossary. Highly recommended for Holocaust studies collections.-- Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass.

Library Journal

A translation (with revision) of the Hebrew Hanhaga be-milkud (1986, Am Oved, Tel Aviv), which won the Yad Ben Zvi prize. The guilt- ridden question of whether the Jewish community in Palestine really did everything in its power to rescue Jews in Nazi-occupied countries has been the subject of bitter debate in Israel since the end of WWII. Porat has analyzed the record and bases her conclusions on archival material and other primary sources hitherto mostly unused. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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