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Westerweel Group: Non-Conformist Resistance Against Nazi Germany: A Joint Rescue Effort of Dutch Idealists and Dutch-German Zionists

By Hans , Schippers

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Year
2019
ISBN
3110580004, 9783110580006
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
30 MB (31767179 bytes)
Series
New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History, 11; 11
Edition
1
Pages
276\0
Time added
2023-02-06 05:21:07

Description

The book tells the touching story of the Dutch resistance group led by left wing teacher Joop Westerweel who managed to save some 300 Jews from the Nazi persecution. The Jews, mostly young German and Austrian Palestine Pioneers, were hidden in the Netherlands, partly brought to France and over the Pyrenees to Spain. Joop Westerweel paid with his life for his activities. Other members of the group ended up in concentration camps.

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