Child Rescue As Survival Resistance: Hidden Children in Nazi-occupied Western Europe
Description:
The phenomenon of rescue organizations that devoted themselves specifically to hiding and saving Jewish children appeared throughout Nazi-occupied Western Europe (France, Belgium, and the Netherlands). Jewish and non-Jewish rescuers risked their lives to save thousands of children from extermination. This dissertation adds to the historiographical understanding of Holocaust resistance by analyzing the efforts of these child rescue organizations as a form of “survival resistance.” Researching th…
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Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Decoster, Charlotte Marie-Cecile Marguerite
Partner:
UNT Libraries