Escapees : The History of Jews Who Fled Nazi Deportation Trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Fransecky, Tanja von

Berghahn Books（2023/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 314 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781800739239
• DDC分類 940.53089924

Full Description

Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps. In France, Belgium, and the Netherlands alone over 750 men, women and children undertook such dramatic escape attempts, despite the extraordinary uncertainty and physical danger they often faced. Drawing upon extensive interviews and a wealth of new historical evidence, Escapees gives a fascinating collective account of this hitherto neglected form of resistance to Nazi persecution.

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Deportations from Western Europe

Chapter 2. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in France

Chapter 3. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in Belgium

Chapter 4. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in the Netherlands

Chapter 5. Summary

Concluding Observations

Sources and Bibliography

Indexes