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The Agony of Greek Jews, 1940–1945

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This is the first comprehensive new study of the Greek Jewish experience during World War II to be published in sixty years.
  • 07 October 2009
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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.

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Price: $75.00
Pages: 344
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
Publication Date: 07 October 2009
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780804755849
Format: Hardcover
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"Professor Bowman has, in meticulous detail, provided the English-language reader the most comprehensive and up-to-date narrative of this otherwise little-known Jewish community in southeastern Europe . . . Bowman's treatment of Salonika Zionists and efforts to get Jews into mandatory Palestine makes interesting reading . . . This book will certainly be the standard resource on the subject, at least for the foreseeable future."
Steven B. Bowman is Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati.