Benjamin Ginsberg

How the Jews Defeated Hitler (eBook, ePUB)

Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted the Germans but actually played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The question, he contends, is not whether the Jews fought but where and by what means. True, many Jews were poorly armed, outnumbered, and without resources, but Ginsberg shows persuasively that this myth of passivity is solely that-a myth. The author describes how Jews resisted Nazism strongly in four major venues. First, they served as members of the Soviet military and as engineers who designed and built many pivotal Soviet weapons, including the T-34 tank. Second, a number were soldiers in the U.S. armed forces, and many also played key roles in discrediting American isolationism, in providing the Roosevelt administration with the support it needed for preparing for war, and in building the atomic bomb. Third, they made vital contributions to the Allies-the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain-in espionage and intelligence (especially cryptanalysis), and fourth, they assumed important roles in several European anti-Nazi resistance movements that often disrupted Germany's fragile military supply lines. In this compelling, cogent history, we discover that the Jews were an important factor in Hitler's defeat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442222397
• Artikelnr.: 38092718

Autorenporträt

By Benjamin Ginsberg

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Problem of Jewish Resistance Chapter 2: The
Soviet Union: The War of the Engineers Chapter 3: The United States: The
Anti-Nazi Coalition Chapter 4: Jewish Intelligence Chapter 5: Partisan
Warfare Chapter 6: Aftermath and Afterward: From Tragedy to Farce
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