1st Edition
This Cannot Happen Here Integration and Jewish Resistance in the Netherlands, 1940-1945
By Ben Braber
Copyright 2014
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
How did the integration of Jews into Dutch society influenced Jewish resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War? In this book Ben Braber answers the question how the integration of Jews into Dutch society influenced Jewish resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the second world war. This study highlights the social position of Jews and... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I. Integration, 1. Attitudes towards Jews and Jewish responses, 2. Participation of Jews in the economy, politics and arts, 3. Changes in Jewish rituals, habits and lifestyles, Part II. Resistance, 4. Apprehension (May 1940 – December 1940), 5. Segregation (November 1940 – May 1942), 6. Deportation (July 1942 – September 1944), 7. Desperation (July 1942 – May 1945), Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Dr Ben Braber is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities of the University of Glasgow. He is a specialist on integration of immigrants into modern Western European societies and on Jewish resistance, two subjects on which he has published extensively.
