He diasose

he siope tou kosmou, he antistase sta gketo kai ta stratopeda, hoi hellenes hevraioi sta chronia tes Katoches

by Karina Lampsa and Jacob Schiby

Book cover: He diasose

Extent: 432 pages

Publisher: Kapon Editions

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: Greek (Modern)

Paperback (Published)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9789606878633

Price: $24.50

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A new study of the persecution and rescue of Greek Jews in the Third Reich, this book overturns stereotypes and myths. Reveals the attitude and actions of the local Jewish leaders raising questions about what was done and by whom. Cites Greek and international sources, incl. documents, testimonies, names. Greek language text. 172 b&w photographs.


Between 1939 and 1943, hundreds of thousands of Jews were trapped in over 400 ghettos in the occupied lands of Eastern Europe. By the summer of 1944, all the ghettos had been evacuated and most of the prisoners had been exterminated. When did the world learn about the genocide that was taking place in the heart of Europe? What did the Allies do to stop the slaughter? Why was the Jewish leadership in Palestine so slow to react? Was there a Jewish resistance? What was the role of the Greek Jews in the Sonderkommando revolt? Could Chief Rabbi Koretz have prevented the extinction of the Jewish community of Thessalonica? Why were the Jews who had gathered in Athens saved? Who organized the rescue operation in the Aegean? The agreements between the British secret services, the Jewish Agency and the National Resistance Front of Greece opened the way for the escape from Euboea.

  • By (author) Karina Lampsa
  • By (author) Jacob Schiby