| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 382 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. I: The making of the multiple trap. The Phases 1933-1939: the initial and the double trap. Western Responses. A flashback on the Palestine question. 1939 to "Barbarossa"--The foundation of the multiple trap. The "Final Solution" decision and its initial implementation. The "Final Solution" in some detail and more on its justification. The Zionists' dilemmas. Dimensions of the Allied Response to Hitler's "Jewish Politics" and the deepening of the trap. The war priorities of the western allies and rules of economic warfare related to the Holocaust, 1941-1944 -- pt. II: The rescue debate, the macro picture, and the intelligence services. Missed opportunities? . The intelligence services and rescue options. The Jewish "Refugee Traffic": The road to Biltmore and its ramifications. American wartime realities, 1942-1943. Bermuda, Breckinridge Long, G-2, Biddle, Taylor and Rayburn, and Palestine again. Roosevelt, Stimson, and the Palestine question: British inputs. The views of Harold Glidden and/or British Intelligence, Consul General Pinkerton, and Rabbi Nelson Glueck. Various methods of rescue -- pt. III: The self-defeating mechanism of the rescue efforts. Istanbul, Geneva, and Jerusalem. How the Holocaust in Slovakia was suspended: The "Europa Plan". The significance of the British decrypts. The "Small Season": Begin's rebellion. The Origins of the Budapest "Rescue Committee". The War Refugee Board and the extension of the trap: the "Dogwood" chain. The double Hungarian debacle -- pt. IV: The Brand-Grosz missions within the larger picture of the war and their ramifications. The Zionist initiatives. Rescue, Allied Intelligence, and the SS. Hungarian rescue deals in the eyes of the Allies. How the missions were born. The demise of a rescue mission. Open and secret war schemes and realities. The WRB's own reports: OWI's reservations -- pt. V: The end of the final solution: back to hostage-taking tactics. The train. The Bombing Controversy--Speer and Zuckerman. The "Great Season". Becher, Mayer, and the death marches. The "End" of the Final Solution--Budapest -- Epilogue: self-traps: the OSS and Kasztner at Nuremberg |
| Summary |
Based on known and new records now available, this book explains when and why Hitler decided to destroy the Jews of Europe, the Allied refusal to deal with things Jewish in order to be able to fight Hitler, and the dilemmas of the Jewish leadership abroad |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-359) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
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| SUBJECT |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 fast |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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National socialism.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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National Socialism.
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HISTORY -- Holocaust.
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Diplomatic history
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Diplomatic relations
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Jews -- Persecutions
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National socialism
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Nationaal-socialisme.
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Joden.
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Holocaust.
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Geallieerden.
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Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140096
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Germany
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511511837 |
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0511511833 |
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0511230249 |
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