Full Description
The Agony of Greek Jews 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. Bowman focuses on the fate of one minority group of Greek citizens during the war and explores various aspects of its relations with the conquerors, the conquered, and concerned bystanders. His book contains new archival material and interviews with survivors. It supersedes much of the general literature on the subject of Greek Jewry.
Contents
Contents @toc4:Preface xx Acknowledgments xx Abbreviations xx @toc2:Introduction 1 1. The Jews of Greece to World War I 000 2. Germans and Jews in Greece 000 3. In Victory and Defeat 000 4. Vernichtungsorganisation 000 5. Chronicle of the Deportations 000 6. Abnormal Deaths in a Foreign Land 000 7. How A a Remnant Survived 000 8. Freedom or Death 000 9. Relief and Rescue 000 10. Bitter Homecoming 000 Afterword 000 @toc4:Appendix: Numbers 000 Notes 000 Index 000
