Arrows in the Dark Vols. 1&2 : David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership and Rescue Attempts During the Holocaust

by Friling, Tuvia; Cummings, Ora

• ISBN13: 9780299175504
• ISBN10: 0299175502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-06
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Arrows in the Darkrecounts and analyzes the many efforts of aid and rescue made by the Jewish community of Palestinethe Yishuvto provide assistance to European Jews facing annihilation by the Nazis. Tuvia Friling provides a detailed account of the activities carried out at the behest of David Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv leadership, from daring attempts to extract Jews from Nazi-occupied territory, to proposals for direct negotiations with the Nazis. Through its rich array of detail and primary documentation, this book shows the wide scope and complexity of Yishuv activity at this time, refuting the idea that Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv ignored the plight of European Jews during the Holocaust.

Author Biography

Tuvia Friling is senior research fellow and director of the Ben-Gurion Research Center at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Since October 2001, he has served as Israel’s State Archivist. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on David Ben-Gurion, the Holocaust, and Israeli history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	3	(12)
Part I. Confronting the Information
Phases of Acknowledging: Information, Consciousness, Mental and Emotional Processing	15	(62)
Protest: Political Tool or Substitute for Action?	77	(48)
Lightning Rod: Establishing the Rescue Committee	125	(18)
Part II. Rescue Plans
General Introduction	139	(4)
``Or We Shall Have No Repentance'': Plans to Rescue Children	143	(52)
Dealing with the Devil: The 1942 and 1943 Ransom Plans	195	(44)
Between the Hammer and the Anvil in 1944: Continuing Efforts to Rescue Children and the Struggle for Immigration to Palestine	239	(22)
The Secret Partnership	261
Notes	357
``A One-in-a-Million Chance'': Attempts to Rescue Hungarian Jewry and Negotiations toward the End of the War	3	(68)
Bombing to Deter and Stultify	71	(18)
Part III. Financing of Rescue Attempts and Assistance
At the Edge of the Abyss: Financial Maneuvers by Ben-Gurion and Kaplan, 1942--1943	89	(28)
Financing Aid and Rescue Activity in Liberated Europe	117	(12)
The Jewish Agency Budget and Fund-raising Appeals in Palestine	129	(22)
Fund-raising Campaigns Abroad	151	(22)
Money Transfers	173	(16)
Funding Aid and Rescue Operations: A Summary	189	(6)
Conclusion	195	(26)
Notes	221	(20)
Bibliography	241	(16)
Names Index	257	(16)
Subject Index	273