ISBN:
9780198892786
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 270 Seiten
,
Diagramme, Karten
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2023
Dissertation note:
Dissertation London School of Economics and Political Science 2021
DDC:
940.5404
Keywords:
20. Jahrhundert (ca. 1900 bis ca. 1999)
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Periode des Zweiten Weltkrieges (ca. 1938 bis ca. 1946)
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World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Jewish
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World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, American
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World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, British
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World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German
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World War, 1939-1945 Sources
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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European history
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Europäische Geschichte
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Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
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HISTORY / Europe / General
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HISTORY / Military / World War II
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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Second World War
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The Holocaust
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Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Europa
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Deutschland
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Amerikanischer Kriegsgefangener
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Britischer Kriegsgefangener
;
Juden
Abstract:
An exploration of the extraordinary story of Jewish POWs in German captivity during the Second World War - extraordinary because of the contrast between Germany's genocidal policy towards Jews on one hand, and its relatively non-discriminatory treatment of Jewish POWs from western countries on the other
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction1: American and British Jewish POWs in German POW Camps2: Being a Jewish Soldier in Nazi Captivity3: Segregation of American and British Jewish POWs4: Why Were They Kept Alive? Explaining the Nazi Treatment of Jewish POWsConclusionAppendix A - Sample of POW commanders and camp commandants
Note:
"This book is based on my doctoral dissertation which was submitted in 2021 to the London School of Economics and Political Science." (Acknowledgements)
