Geschichte der Theresienstädter Transports in die Schweiz, Februar 1945
History of the Theresienstadt transport to Switzerland, February 1945
Author(s): Miroslav KárnýSubject(s): Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Theresienstadt; Switzerland; Musy; Himmler; rescue; Holocaust;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the history of the only transport of Jewish prisoners from the Theresienstadt concentration camp to Switzerland in February 1945. It reconstructs the negotiations between the Swiss politician Jean-Marie Musy and the Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, who used the release of a small number of Jews as a bargaining chip for his own political and personal interests. It also analyzes the role of other actors involved in this rescue operation, such as the American War Refugee Board, the Agudas Israel World Organization, and the SS official Kurt Becher. It reveals the complex and often conflicting motives and interests that shaped this unique episode of the Holocaust.
Journal: Judaica Bohemiae
- Issue Year: XXVII/1991
- Issue No: 1+2
- Page Range: 4-16
- Page Count: 13
- Language: German
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