Language:
English
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Revue d'Histoire de la Shoah
Angaben zur Quelle:
163 (1998) 183-202
Keywords:
Jewish chronicle (London, England : 1845)
;
Jews Periodicals
;
Jews History 1939-1945
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Periodicals
Abstract:
Examines the items in the "Jewish Chronicle" during the Second World War relating to the Holocaust. States that the size and placement of the articles were uneven, and editorial commentaries in 1941-42 were minimal. Concludes that the reports of the "Jewish Chronicle" on the Final Solution facilitated occultation of the fate of the Jews. Official and non-official censorship also limited the scope of information given. Directives of the Ministry of Information from 1939 asked not to describe the sufferings of the Jews in Europe so as not to disturb British policy in the Middle East, nor the Arabs. The tragedy of the "Jewish Chronicle"'s journalists was that they were part of a system - press, culture, and society - for which the Holocaust was happening too far away; for a long time it was not considered an important subject. The journalists, as representatives of British Jewry, were highly assimilated; because of their loyalty to Great Britain, they did not want to focus on Jewish suffering when all Britons were in danger.
Note:
In English: "Why Didn't the Press Shout?" (2003).
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