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Jewish soldiers in Nazi captivity : American and British prisoners of war during the Second World War /

"The book explores 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 countrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Linenberg, Yorai (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Jewish.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Sources.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des Juifs.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Sources.
HISTORY.
World War II.
Military.
20th Century.
Modern.
Holocaust.
Military participation > Jewish
European history.
Warfare and Defence.
Electronic books.
Sources
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Acronyms
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • POWs in German Hands-the Numbers
  • Historiographic Review
  • Current Explanations for the Treatment of Jewish POWs
  • Primary Sources Review
  • The German POW Organization
  • Summary
  • 1. American and British Jewish POWs in German POW Camps
  • Introduction
  • Capture and Transit
  • In the Camp
  • Outside the Camp
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Being a Jewish Soldier in Nazi Captivity
  • Introduction
  • Capture
  • Palestinian Jewish Identity in German POW Camps
  • Segregation
  • Transnational Jewish Identity: The Encounter with Holocaust Victims
  • Religious and Cultural Activity
  • Funerals
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Segregation of American and British Jewish POWs
  • Introduction
  • Segregation in the Geneva Convention and OKW Orders
  • POW Camps under the Wehrmacht: Initial Segregation Cases
  • POW Camps under Himmler: Segregations in 1945
  • Identifying Jewish POWs
  • International Reaction to Segregation
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Why Were They Kept Alive? Explaining the Nazi Treatment of Jewish POWs
  • Introduction
  • The Commander-in-Chief: Hitler
  • The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
  • Interaction between the RSHA and the NSDAP and the Wehrmacht
  • The Kriegsgefangenenwesen (POW Office)
  • Explaining the Fate of Non-Soviet Jewish POWs
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Sample of POW Commanders and Camp Commandants
  • Bibliography
  • Index.