Judenrat : the Jewish councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi occupation /

During World War II, more than five million Jews lived under Nazi rule in Eastern Europe. In occupied Poland, the Baltic countries, Byelorussia, and Ukraine, they were stripped of property and "resettled" in ghettos. The German authorities established in each ghetto a Jewish Council, or Ju...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Trunk, Isaiah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]
Subjects:	Jewish councils > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century. Jews > Europe, Eastern > Politics and government. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Conseils juifs > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle. Holocauste, 1939-1945. Jewish councils. Jews > Politics and government. Eastern Europe. Geschichte Judenrat Osteuropa Judenvernichtung Judeus. Jewish leadership. 1900-1999 History.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction to the Bison Books Edition / Steven T. Katz
Introduction: Some Basic Issues that Faced the Jewish Councils / Jacob Robinson
1. Official Decrees Establishing the Jewish Councils
2. Emergence of the Jewish Councils and their Composition
3. Central Jewish Councils
4. Organizational Structure of the Jewish Councils
5. Economic Situation of the Jews and the Activities of Jewish Councils
6. Public Welfare
7. Medical Aid
8. Administrative, Judicial, and Police Duties
9. Religion, Education, and Other Cultural Activities
10. Finance of the Jewish Councils
11. Jewish Councils and the Occupation Authorities
12. Fluctuation in the Composition of the Councils
13. Councils and the Jewish Service Organization
14. Personnel of the Jewish Councils
15. Mutual Relations Between the Jewish Councils and the Diverse Groups in the Ghettos
16. Strategy and Tactics of the Councils Toward the German Authorities
17. Attitude of the Councils Toward Physical Resistance
18. Ghetto Police
19. Opposition to the Jewish Councils and the Ghetto Police
20. Postwar Trials of Councilmen and Ghetto Police
21. Conclusions
Appendix I: Analysis of the Evaluation of the Behavior of Jewish Council Members in Our Poll and in Some Eyewitness Accounts
Appendix II: Organizational Rules of the Warsaw Ghetto Police Confirmed by the German District Administration on November 29, 1940.