The History of the Holocaust in Romania (Comprehensive History of the Holocaust) - Softcover

Ancel, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803290616 ISBN 13: 9780803290617

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2017

Synopsis

Drawing from an exhaustive collection of original Jewish accounts and sources not available until the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in the late 1980s, Jean Ancel provides a detailed analysis of the path of antisemitism that led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust in Romania.
 
               The Romanians and other nations inside and outside the Balkans related differently to “their Jews” and “other Jews,” that is, those living in districts annexed to Romania after the First World War and those in areas occupied and annexed to the Romanian military administration after the Soviet invasion in June 1941. The Jews of the Regat, the core Romanian principality, suffered pogroms, decrees, and degradation, but on the whole they survived the Holocaust.
 
               Although more Jews survived in Romania than in any other non-occupied country allied with Germany, contemporary Romanian sources show that the Antonescu regime and Romania itself killed at least 400,000 Jews, including 180,000 Ukranian Jews. Among Nazi Germany’s allies, Romania contributed most to the extermination of the Jewish people.

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About the Author

Jean Ancel (1940–2008) was a Romanian-born Israeli independent historian and a research associate of Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Economic Destruction of Romanian Jewry (Yad Vashem, 2007), Prelude to Mass Murder: The Pogrom in Iisi, Romania, June 28 and Thereafter (Yad Vashem, 2014), and Resisting the Storm: Romania, 1940–1947: Memoirs.

Review

"This monumental work is a scholarly witnessing to be admired."—Michael N. Dobkowski, Jewish Book World (Michael N. Dobkowski Jewish Book World)

"The book has a wealth of details and is very informative. Professional historians as well as casual readers should take note of this book and make it a starting point in their quest to delve further into the mystery of the Holocaust in Romania."—Michael Gesin, H-Net (Michael Gesin H-Net)

"The wealth of information included in this tome and the superior organization and presentation makes it a must for any Judaica library with a Holocaust collection, whether a basic collection, or a rich, academically focused one."—Michlean Amir, Association of Jewish Libraries newsletter (Michlean Amir Association of Jewish Libraries)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0803290616
• ISBN 13: 9780803290617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720