Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
קשר
Angaben zur Quelle:
9 (1991) 96-103
Keywords:
ההסתדרות הציונית
;
ha-ʻOlam (Ḳolon, Germany)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Periodicals
;
Zionism Periodicals
;
Zionism in the press
Abstract:
The weekly Hebrew periodical "Ha'olam, " organ of the World Zionist Organization, was published between 1907-50, at first in Germany, and from 1936 in Jerusalem. Analyzing the issues from 2 November 1939 to 3 December 1942, finds that in 1939-41 relatively little space was devoted to Holocaust events (2.6-3.3%), but 1942 saw an increase (8.5%). From August 1942, "Ha'olam" printed information on the systematic murder of Jews by the Nazis. Mentions two articles in 1941 - by Isaak Gruenbaum (18 September) and Apolinary Hartglas (December) - which criticized the complacent attitude of the Yishuv in regard to the persecution of Jews in Europe. Concludes that the delays in publishing information (average of nine weeks after the events), the "information gap" (events not mentioned), and the minimizing of the importance of the information can be explained by several factors: wartime obstruction in transmitting information; British censorship; poor relations between the editor of "Ha'olam", Moshe Kleinman, and the Zionist leadership who did not transmit information to him; and skepticism regarding the veracity of the information due to its shocking nature.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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