Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1
London Learns of the Final Solution
2
The Changing Balance of Power in British Jewry
The Board of Deputies of British Jews
The British Section of the World Jewish Congress
The Orthodox and Ultraorthodox: Chief Rabbi Joseph, Herman
Hertz, Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and Harry Goodman
Jewish Leaders in the British Exile
Jewish–Christian Cooperation
3
The British Blockade of European Jewry
4
Years of Vacillation: The Jewish Leadership, 1939-1942
5
Attempts to Break the Blockade and the Meager Results
6
The Declaration of December 17, 1942
7
Before and After the Bermuda Conference
8
The Bermuda Policy and its Opponents
More Splits in the Jewish Community
The Political Struggles of the National Committee for Rescue
from Nazi Terror
The Struggle for a New Declaration and Warning
Broadcasts
Activities on Behalf of the Jews of France, Italy and Transnistria
in the Wake of Changes at the Front
The Council for Rescue of the Jewish Population in Poland
British Adherence and American Withdrawal from the Bermuda
Conference Policy
9 Aid and Rescue Efforts to Comfort the Seablocked
Food Supply
The Adler-Rudel Scheme
10
The Search for Refugee Havens
11
The Rescue Efforts of the Chief Rabbi’s
Religious Emergency Council
“Rabbis to Mauritius”
“Rabbis to Mauritius” and Palestine Immigration Policy
The Attempts to Rescue the Jews of Nitra and their Rabbi
Financing Efforts
The Rescue Policy in Rabbi Schonfeld’s Eyes
12
The Ten Million Dollar Illusion
13
Ireland and the Jews of Europe
Ireland, Britain, Germany, and the Jews
Ireland and Harry Goodman
14
Reactions to the Crisis of Hungarian Jewry
15
Last-Minute Rescue Attempts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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