Language:
German
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
1999; Zeitschrift für Sozialgeschichte des 20
Angaben zur Quelle:
11,3 (1996) 30-54; 12,1 (1997) 29-48
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jews History 20th century
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Jews History 20th century
Abstract:
Seeks an explanation for the relatively high percentage of Jews deported and killed by the Nazis in the Netherlands (75%) by comparing the situation there with that in Belgium (where only 40% were deported). Notes that, in the Netherlands, Nazi ideology was imposed by a civil regime dominated by the SS, while Belgium was in the hands of a military regime interested mainly in preserving order and opposed to the SS. In the Netherlands, preparations for deportation were made over time and systematically; Jews were first sent to labor or transit camps and they offered little resistance. In Belgium the deportations were long delayed, and then carried out by means of round-ups, which frightened the remaining Jews and sent them into hiding. In the Netherlands, resistance to the Nazis was organized too late to be of much help to the Jews; in Belgium, the Jewish resistance was far stronger, better organized and began earlier, and Jewish and non-Jewish organizations cooperated one with the other. The Dutch Jews accepted the authority of a Jewish Council which served as an instrument of Nazi policy, whereas the parallel Belgian body carried less weight.
Note:
Appeared in Dutch in "Oorlogsdocumentatie '40-'45" 8 (1997) 10-63. Appeared in English as "A comparative analysis of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium during the Second World War" in "The Netherlands' Journal of Social Sciences" 34,2 (1998) 126-164.
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In Hebrew:
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"דפים לחקר תקופת השואה" טו (תשנט) 53-88
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