In the Shadow of the Holocaust: The Struggle Between Jews and Zionists in the Aftermath of World War II
Working from newly unraveled archival material, Grodzinsky tells the touching story of the encounter between Jewish survivors and Zionist envoys, dispatched from Palestine to the camps in order to help in rehabilitation efforts but also with a clear Zionist agenda: Their mission was to bring all the “Surviving Remnant” to Palestine. Survivors were to be “the anvil upon which the revolt against the British [in Palestine] must be forged” (David Ben-Gurion). In 1945, Zionists forcefully...
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The story of Jewish survivors and refugees in Displaced Person camps and their forced role in the founding on Israel.
ForewordPrologue : Jews versus Zionists1Ch. 1The war is over16Ch. 2Refugees in conquered territory31Ch. 3Diplomats, emissaries and entrepreneurs55Ch. 4The children affair80Ch. 5Generals and social workers100Ch. 6The camps fill up114Ch. 7Living out of suitcases144Ch. 8An overture of the DP draft167Ch. 9Compulsory conscription to the IDF195Ch. 10War and immigration : the aftermath209Epilogue : Zionists versus Jews225
