ISBN:
0918618665
,
9780918618665
Language:
English
Pages:
446 pages
,
illustrations
,
22 cm
Year of publication:
1997
DDC:
949.5/004924
Keywords:
Matsas, Michael
;
Matsas, Michael
;
Matsas, Michael
;
Jews Persecutions
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
World War, 1939-1945 Jewish resistance
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
;
Jews Biography
;
Ethnic relations
;
Jews
;
Jews ; Persecutions
;
Widerstand
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Holocaust
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Greece
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Greece ; Personal narratives
;
World War, 1939-1945 ; Jewish resistance ; Greece
;
Jews ; Persecutions ; Greece
;
Jews ; Greece ; Biography
;
Geschichte 1941-1944
;
Biographies
;
Personal narratives
;
Greece Ethnic relations
;
Greece
;
Griechenland
;
Greece ; Ethnic relations
;
Juden
Abstract:
A history of the Holocaust in Greece and of Jewish participation in Greek partisan warfare during World War II, based largely on personal accounts of survivors. Describes the development of events that ended with the deportations of Jews to death camps, from the German zone of occupation (which included Salonika), the Bulgarian zone, and the Italian zone (which included Athens). Although the Allies already knew about the death camps, nobody warned the Greek Jews. Many Greeks, Italians, Bulgarians, and others sympathized with Jews and attempted to help them, but very few survivors owe their lives to Christian rescuers. The best way to survive was to join the resistance. Pp. 127-326 contain excerpts from memoirs of Jewish survivors, including some who survived Auschwitz and other camps, and resistance fighters. Pp. 329-402 contain Matsas' memoirs. He was born in 1930 in Ioannina and survived the war hiding in a mountain village with his parents and sister
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
