Britain & Jews of Europe 1939-1945

by Bernard Wasserstein

An account of British bureaucratic blindness to the Jewish catastrophe in Europe shows that Churchill's efforts in behalf of the Jews were continually thwarted by subordinates

389 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1979

About the author

Bernard Wasserstein is Allianz Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish History at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich. He previously held positions at the University of Chicago, the University of Glasgow, Brandeis University, Oxford University, and the University of Sheffield. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Reviews

[William Shep · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good topic and somewhat useful work despite some polemical aspects. It is not an extreme example, but it is rather more interested in indicting the British government for not doing enough to help the Jews of Europe without giving adequate credence to reasons why this help, at least not to the level the author thinks proper, was not forthcoming.