Samenvatting
Why did the chairman of the “Jewish Council” in Belgium decide to resign from his position in late 1942 while his counterparts in the Netherlands, operating in a seemingly similar context, decided to remain in place until the council was dissolved? The choices and motivations of Jewish leaders during Nazi rule have been a persistent subject of discussion in Holocaust historiography for decades. To this day, research has overwhelmingly been conducted in national contexts, which has obscured a thorough understanding of the distinctive circumstances in which Jewish leaders operated. By exploring the different socio-historical premises on which the Jewish organizations in the Netherlands and Belgium were built, this article argues that the level of (dis)continuation with prewar communal structures played a significant role in the posture and choices of Jewish functionaries under Nazi occupation in these two countries.
Originele taal-2 | Engels |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 413-427 |
Aantal pagina's | 14 |
Tijdschrift | Holocaust and Genocide Studies |
Volume | 36 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 2 |
DOI's | |
Status | Gepubliceerd - 01 dec. 2022 |