Language:
English
Year of publication:
2013
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
41,1 (2013) 129-150
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
The anti-Jewish policies of Germany's allies - Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, as well as the fates of their Jews during World War II, varied depending on the country's historical traditions, domestic and foreign interests, level of dependence on the Third Reich, and, most of all, on their leaders' changing perceptions of Germany's military fortunes as the war progressed. The first victims of the Holocaust in the German-allied states were Jews in the German zone of occupation in Croatia; and the quickest genocidal operation was carried out in mid-1944 in Hungary, which had only recently been occupied by German forces. On the other hand, after the defeat at Stalingrad, Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria revised their anti-Jewish policies and came to regard their Jews as a valuable asset and a bargaining chip in an eventual postwar peace conference. The survival of Jews in Bulgaria and Finland is testimony to the basic decency of the Christian population of these countries.
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