The Jewish Press and the Holocaust, 1939-1945

by Gorny, Yosef; Greenwood, Naftali

• ISBN13: 9781107011311
• ISBN10: 1107011310
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-14
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

This book presents the results of comprehensive research into the world's Jewish press during the Second World War and explores its stance in the face of annihilation of the Jewish people by the Nazi regime in Europe. The research is based on the major Jewish newspapers that were published in four countries - Palestine, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union - and in three languages - Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. The Jewish press frequently described the situation of the Jewish people in occupied countries. It urged the Jewish leaders and institutions to act in rescue of their brethren. It protested vigorously against the refusal of the democratic leadership to recognize that the Jewish plight was unique because of the Nazi intention to annihilate Jews as a people. Yosef Gorny argues that the Jewish press was the persistent open national voice fighting on behalf of the Jewish people suffering and perishing under Nazi occupation.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: The Transnational Community	p. 1
From Concern to Outcry - 1939-1942	p. 21
The Hebrew-Language Press in Palestine	p. 23
The American Jewish Press	p. 80
The Illusion Dashed - 1942-1945	p. 103
The Hebrew-Language Press in Palestine	p. 105
The American Jewish Press, 1942-1945	p. 143
The British Jewish Press, 1939-1945	p. 176
The Brief Days of Jewish National Unity: Aynikayt, 1942-1945	p. 185
The Individual Confronts the Horror	p. 203
Yitzhak Gruenbaum - "The Main Culprit"	p. 205
The Intellectuals' Delusional Optimism	p. 220
Between Lidice and Majdanek	p. 231
Remarks on the Continuing Jewish Angst	p. 251
Conclusion: The Cry of the Helpless	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 279
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