The Holocaust in Romania - The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944 (Paperback)

In 1930, 757,000 Jews lived in Romania; they constituted the third largest Jewish community in Europe. Today not more than 14,000 Jews live in Romania, most of them elderly. The record of the Holocaust in Romania includes many curious chapters of support and betrayal, but they have been largely unavailable until now. Radu Ioanid s account based upon privileged access to secret East European government archives, is an unprecedented analysis of heretofore purposely hidden materials. Archival records, published and unpublished reports, memoirs of survivors, letters Mr. Ioanid uses all these elements to build an accurate perspective on Romanian policies of racism, anti-Semitism, and Jewish extermination during the regime of Ion Antonescu. The publication of "The Holocaust in Romania" is timely as well as important, for there is now in Romania a growing effort to deny the government s role in the tragedy. Mr. Ioanid sheds light on the reality of the persecutions, the cruelty of the perpetrators, their blatant opportunism and endless cynicism. The story is one of destruction and survival; of German dissatisfaction with Romanian ad hoc violence; of an elusive national policy and the strategies of Romanian authorities that allowed 300,000 Romanian Jews to survive the war. "Invaluable...monumental...no comparable work in any language has documented this important history with the thoroughness, skill, and analytical sophistication this book demonstrates. Leo Spitzer, Dartmouth College. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. With 8 pages of photographs.

General

Imprint:	Ivan R. Dee
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Radu Ioanid
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	380
ISBN-13:	978-1-56663-771-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-56663-771-6
Barcode:	9781566637718

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