Battling for Souls : The Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee in Post-Holocaust Europe

by Grobman, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780881258431
• ISBN10: 0881258431
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc

Author Biography

Alex Grobman is a historian with an MA and Ph.D. in contemporary Jewish history from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is president of the Institute for Contemporary Jewish Life, a think-tank dealing with historical and contemporary issues that affect the Jewish community.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	i
Abbreviations	v
Introduction Historical Background	1	(26)
Chapter 1 Nathan Baruch-Background, Mentors and Initial Hatzala Involvement	27	(28)
Chapter 2 American Policy and the Vaad Hatzala	55	(19)
Chapter 3 Establishing Vaad Hatzala Headquarters in Munich	74	(25)
Chapter 4 A Call For Unity And A Mission To Europe	99	(27)
Chapter 5 Pasing: Trials And Tribulations	126	(45)
Chapter 6 Obtaining Kosher Food	171	(16)
Chapter 7 A Publishing Empire	187	(20)
Chapter 8 The Trials and Tribulations of Immigration: Stuttgart and Paris	207	(28)
Chapter 9 The Central Orthodox Committee (COC)	235	(22)
Chapter 10 Campaign to Undermine The Vaad	257	(14)
Chapter 11 An Unexpected Ending	271	(15)
Conclusion	286	(8)
Endnotes	294	(46)
Bibliography	340	(25)
Index	365