Arrows in the dark : David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust / Tuvia Friling ; translated by Ora Cummings.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Friling, Tuvia
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Hebrew
Published:	Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2005.
Subjects:	Ben-Gurion, David, > 1886-1973. Ben-Gurion, David, > 1886-1973 1900-1999 World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews > Palestine > Politics and government > 20th century. HISTORY > Holocaust. Jews > Politics and government Joden. Holocaust. Tweede Wereldoorlog. Zionisme. Middle East > Palestine Palestina. Europa (geografie)
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Uniform Title:	Ḥets ba-ʻarafel.

Table of Contents:

pt. I. Confronting the information. Phases of acknowledging : information, consciousness, mental and emotional processing
Protest : political tool or substitute for action?
Lightning rod : establishing the Rescue Committee
pt. II. Rescue plans. "Or we shall have no repentance" : plans to rescue children
Dealing with the devil : the 1942 and 1943 ransom plans
Between the hammer and the anvil in 1944 : continuing efforts to rescue children and the struggle for immigration to Palestine
The secret partnership
"A one-in-a-million chance" : attempts to rescue Hungarian Jewry and negotiations toward the end of the war
Bombing to deter and stultify
pt. III. Financing of rescue attempts and assistance. At the edge of the abyss : financial maneuvers by Ben-Gurion and Kaplan, 1942-1943
Financing aid and rescue activity in liberated Europe
The Jewish Agency budget and fund-raising appeals in Palestine
Fund-raising campaigns abroad
Money transfers
Funding aid and rescue operations : a summary.

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