- Summary
- "The Holocaust unquestionably shattered most normative frameworks and cast the struggle for survival in its starkest form. Yet despite this, the Holocaust did not necessarily lead Jews to act as lone wolves, caring only about their own survival. This volume demonstrates that Jewish solidarity during the Holocaust is a multifaceted, multilayered issue, replete with complexities and shadings that reflect the diversity of Jewishness and Jewish existence, as well as the unprecedented dire situations that challenged it, and while solidarity was not a given and may not have predominated, it did not cease to exist. Instances of Jewish solidarity can be found on different levels--international, national, community, family, and others. Some expressions of solidarity are surprising, such as when a Jewish camp functionary used violence against Jewish inmates in order to prevent much worse violence against them at the hands of the camp authorities. Especially in more limited forms and in not a few situations, acts of solidarity, such as armed resistance or escape to join the partisans, often meant that other Jews who did not take part would probably pay a steep price, which is perhaps why, in general, Jews engaged in such acts only when liquidation appeared to be imminent. The Jewish traditional ideal of 'all of Israel is responsible for one another' was expressed in various forms of solidarity during the Holocaust, which deserve to be ascertained, studied, made known, and discussed. This collection of articles sets out to do just that"--Back cover.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Jerusalem, Israel : Yad Vashem : The International Institute for Holocaust Research, [2022]
©2022
- Contents
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Perspectives on and interpretations of the meaning of Jewish solidarity
On solidarity among Jews during the Holocaust period / David Engel
Exploring the concept of "Kol Yisrael arevim zeh lazeh" / Steven T. Katz
Challenges to solidarity in ghettos and urban concentrations
Children's voices: solidarity and survival of families in the Warsaw Ghetto / Dalia Ofer
Medical activity in the Warsaw Ghetto as a test of Jewish solidarity in the face of persecution / Miriam Offer
Testing solidarity: collaborators attempt to seize key positions in the Kovno Ghetto / Rami Neudorfer
Unexpected alliances and limits of solidarity: non-Jewish aid organizations and the Jewish community - assisting Jews and "Non-Aryans" in Vienna, 1938-1945 / Michaela Raggam-Blesch
Challenges to solidarity on concentration, labor, and extermination camps
Cohesion and conflict among Jewish prisoners in Dachau and Lichtenburg: a social study of the extreme situation / Kim Wünschmann
Family, local, and class solidarity in the Vaihingen and Hessental concentration camps / Idit Gil
Jewish concentration camp inmate functionaries: Karl Demerer in Blechhammer - a case study / Verena Buser
Communes in Auschwitz: the communal idea in the Holocaust / Avihu Ronen
Solidarity and rivalry in rescue attempts and operations
Information, knowledge, and desperation: Jewish communications during the Holocaust / David Silberklang
Poale Zion left in Belgium and rescue by the Comité de défense des Juifs / Jeannine (Levana) Frenk
DELASEM : a Jewish relief organization in Italy under the fascist regime and Nazi occupation / Liliana Picciotto
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Va'ad Hahatzala: fundraising competition and begrudged rescue cooperation, 1939-1943 / Efraim Zuroff
Religious perspectives: interpretations and acts
Jewish unity, disunity, and assigning blame for the Holocaust / Gershon Greenberg
Requests for atonement in responsa literature: complex dilemmas regarding Jewish solidarity during the Shoah / Moshe Tarshansky
Renée Reichmann and her rescue enterprise in Tangier / Esther Farbstein.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Mikhman, Dan, 1947- editor.
Rozett, Robert, editor.
International Institute for Holocaust Research, issuing body.
- Notes
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"This volume is based on the lectures presented at the international conference 'All of Israel are Responsible for One Another'?"--Page facing title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives on and interpretations of the meaning of Jewish solidarity -- On solidarity among Jews during the Holocaust period / David Engel -- Exploring the concept of "Kol Yisrael arevim zeh lazeh" / Steven T. Katz -- Challenges to solidarity in ghettos and urban concentrations -- Children's voices: solidarity and survival of families in the Warsaw Ghetto / Dalia Ofer -- Medical activity in the Warsaw Ghetto as a test of Jewish solidarity in the face of persecution / Miriam Offer -- Testing solidarity: collaborators attempt to seize key positions in the Kovno Ghetto / Rami Neudorfer -- Unexpected alliances and limits of solidarity: non-Jewish aid organizations and the Jewish community - assisting Jews and "Non-Aryans" in Vienna, 1938-1945 / Michaela Raggam-Blesch -- Challenges to solidarity on concentration, labor, and extermination camps -- Cohesion and conflict among Jewish prisoners in Dachau and Lichtenburg: a social study of the extreme situation / Kim Wünschmann -- Family, local, and class solidarity in the Vaihingen and Hessental concentration camps / Idit Gil -- Jewish concentration camp inmate functionaries: Karl Demerer in Blechhammer - a case study / Verena Buser -- Communes in Auschwitz: the communal idea in the Holocaust / Avihu Ronen -- Solidarity and rivalry in rescue attempts and operations -- Information, knowledge, and desperation: Jewish communications during the Holocaust / David Silberklang -- Poale Zion left in Belgium and rescue by the Comité de défense des Juifs / Jeannine (Levana) Frenk -- DELASEM : a Jewish relief organization in Italy under the fascist regime and Nazi occupation / Liliana Picciotto -- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Va'ad Hahatzala: fundraising competition and begrudged rescue cooperation, 1939-1943 / Efraim Zuroff -- Religious perspectives: interpretations and acts -- Jewish unity, disunity, and assigning blame for the Holocaust / Gershon Greenberg -- Requests for atonement in responsa literature: complex dilemmas regarding Jewish solidarity during the Shoah / Moshe Tarshansky -- Renée Reichmann and her rescue enterprise in Tangier / Esther Farbstein.
