Escapees : : The History of Jews Who Fled Nazi Deportation Trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands / / Tanja von Fransecky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Fransecky, Tanja von,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)

Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps. In France, Belgium, and the Netherlands alone over 750 men, women and children undertook such dramatic escape attempts, despite the extraordinary uncertainty and physical danger they often faced. Drawing upon extensive interviews and a wealth of new historical evidence, Escapees gives a fascinating collective account of this hitherto neglected form of resistance to Nazi persecution.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Deportations from Western Europe -- 2. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in France -- 3. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in Belgium -- 4. Escapes by Jews from Deportation Trains in the Netherlands -- 5. Summary -- Concluding Observations -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index of Places -- Index of Names -- Index of Organizations