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Author Gitman, Esther

Title When courage prevailed : the rescue and survival of Jews in the independent state of Croatia, 1941-1945 / by Esther Gitman
Published St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, ©2011

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Description xxvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Yugoslavia in the interwar period, 1918-1941 -- Rescue by ordinary citizens -- NDH officials approve exceptions -- Archbishop Stepinac of Zagreb confronts racism, 1941-1945 -- Rescue by Italian soldiers, diplomats, and ordinary citizens -- Rescue by the partisans
Summary "A historical study of the treatment of Jews in Yugoslavia after Nazi ideology was adopted, with an emphasis on the ways Jews survived and were rescued by those who put their own lives in peril"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Yugoslavia
Jews -- Yugoslavia -- History -- 20th century
Jews -- Persecutions -- Yugoslavia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945
Yugoslavia -- Ethnic relations
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2010035984
ISBN 9781557788948
1557788944
Other Titles Rescue and survival of Jews in the independent state of Croatia, 1941-1945