Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and note on spelling and dates; Introduction; 1 The occupation of Germany and the survivors: an overview; 2 The formation of She'erith Hapleitah: November 1944-July 1945; 3 She'erith Hapleitah enters the international arena: July-October 1945; 4 Hopes of Zion: September 1945 -- January 1946; 5 In search of a new politics: unity versus division; 6 The Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in Bavaria; 7 The politics of education
Summary
Zeev W. Mankowitz tells the remarkable story of the 250,000 survivors of the Holocaust who converged on the American Zone of Occupied Germany from 1945 to 1948. Using largely inaccessible archival material, Mankowitz gives a moving and sensitive account of Holocaust survivors
