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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
A handful of Jewish leaders established contacts with Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann and other Nazis in the hope of negotiating to rescue Jews living in Nazi-occupied Europe from the Holocaust. These negotiators pleaded, resorted to bluffing, offered ransoms or took other desperate measures, as in 1942 when a Jewish group in Slovakia bribed a Gestapo representative with the aim of halting further deportations of Jews. Bauer, a professor of Holocaust Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, argues that Jews who sought negotiations with the Nazis-many of whom were reviled or attacked after the war-were courageous heroes who took the only course available to them to save lives. His revealing chronicle unfolds a complex tale featuring individuals like Czech Jew Alfred Schwarz (alias Dogwood), an OSS agent in Istanbul who tried to forge ties between conservative German anti-Nazis and the Allies; and Zionist journalist Reszoe Kasztner, who dealt with the Nazis in Hungary for the release of Jews in 1944.
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From Library Journal
This well-written and magnificently researched volume reexamines controversial Jewish attempts to negotiate with the Nazis to effect the rescue of Jews in the Holocaust. Bauer, a distinguished Israeli scholar, focuses on major episodes such as the Ha'avarah ("transfer agreement"), the Weissmandel proposal, the Kasztner affair, and the mission of Joel Brand. Unlike many previous scholars, Bauer unmasks the complexities underlying these abortive efforts and shows how Jewish powerlessness rather than the wickedness of Jewish individuals was to blame for their failure. At the same time, he sheds new light on Nazi motivations and defends Zionist rescue efforts against contemporary critics. Thoughtful, readable, sober, and generally persuasive, this is an important contribution to Holocaust studies. For all collections.
Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A handful of Jewish leaders established contacts with Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann and other Nazis in the hope of negotiating to rescue Jews living in Nazi-occupied Europe from the Holocaust. These negotiators pleaded, resorted to bluffing, offered ransoms or took other desperate measures, as in 1942 when a Jewish group in Slovakia bribed a Gestapo representative with the aim of halting further deportations of Jews. Bauer, a professor of Holocaust Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, argues that Jews who sought negotiations with the Nazis-many of whom were reviled or attacked after the war-were courageous heroes who took the only course available to them to save lives. His revealing chronicle unfolds a complex tale featuring individuals like Czech Jew Alfred Schwarz (alias Dogwood), an OSS agent in Istanbul who tried to forge ties between conservative German anti-Nazis and the Allies; and Zionist journalist Reszoe Kasztner, who dealt with the Nazis in Hungary for the release of Jews in 1944.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This well-written and magnificently researched volume reexamines controversial Jewish attempts to negotiate with the Nazis to effect the rescue of Jews in the Holocaust. Bauer, a distinguished Israeli scholar, focuses on major episodes such as the Ha'avarah ("transfer agreement"), the Weissmandel proposal, the Kasztner affair, and the mission of Joel Brand. Unlike many previous scholars, Bauer unmasks the complexities underlying these abortive efforts and shows how Jewish powerlessness rather than the wickedness of Jewish individuals was to blame for their failure. At the same time, he sheds new light on Nazi motivations and defends Zionist rescue efforts against contemporary critics. Thoughtful, readable, sober, and generally persuasive, this is an important contribution to Holocaust studies. For all collections.
Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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