The Agony of Greek Jews, 1940-1945
Steven B. Bowman
Abstract
This book tells the story of modern Greek Jewry as it came under the control of the Kingdom of Greece during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, it deals with the vicissitudes of those Jews who held Greek citizenship during the interwar and wartime periods. Individual chapters address the participation of Greek and Palestinian Jews in the 1941 fighting with Italy and Germany, the roles of Jews in the Greek Resistance, aid, and rescue attempts, and the problems faced by Jews who returned from the camps and the mountains in the aftermath of the German retreat. The book focuses ... More
Keywords: Greece, Jews, citizenship, Italy, Germany, Greek Resistance, war
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780804755849 |
| Published to Stanford Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.11126/stanford/9780804755849.001.0001 |
