Title Escapees : the history of Jews who fled Nazi deportation trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands / Tanja von Fransecky

Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Deportations from Western Europe; Chapter 2. Escapes by Jews from deportation trains in France; Chapter 3. Escapes by Jews from deportation trains in Belgium; Chapter 4. Escapes by Jews from deportation trains in the Netherlands; Chapter 5. Summary Concluding observations Appendix; Sources and bibliography Summary 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 Analysis Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Studies, European History, Mobility Studies, Belgium, France, Netherlands Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 25, 2019) Subject Holocaust survivors -- France Holocaust survivors -- Belgium Holocaust survivors -- Netherlands Jewish refugees -- France -- History -- 20th century Jewish refugees -- Belgium -- History -- 20th century Jewish refugees -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. HISTORY -- Holocaust. Holocaust survivors Jewish refugees Belgium France Netherlands Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781785338861 1785338862 9781785338878 1785338870

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