The atrocity of hunger: starvation in the Warsaw, Łódź, and Kraków ghettos during World War II

During World War II, the Germans put the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland into ghettos which restricted their movement and, most crucially for their survival, access to food. The Germans saw the Jews as 'useless eaters,' and denied them sufficient food for survival. The hunger which resulted f...

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Main Author: Sinnreich, Helene J. 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Reviews:[Rezension von: Sinnreich, Helene J., 1975-, The atrocity of hunger : starvation in the Warsaw, Łódź, and Kraków Ghettos during World War II] (2024) (Sliwa, Joanna)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Poles / Kraków / Warsaw / Lodz / Ghetto / Jews / Dying of hunger / History 1939-1945
Further subjects:B World War, 1939-1945 Food supply (Poland)
B Jewish ghettos History 20th century (Poland) (Warsaw)
B World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities (Poland)
B War and society History 20th century (Poland)
B Starvation History 20th century (Poland)
B Jewish ghettos History 20th century (Poland) (Łódź)
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) (Poland)
B Europe / Generals / HISTORY
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781009100083
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Summary:During World War II, the Germans put the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland into ghettos which restricted their movement and, most crucially for their survival, access to food. The Germans saw the Jews as 'useless eaters,' and denied them sufficient food for survival. The hunger which resulted from this intentional starvation impacted every aspect of Jewish life inside the ghettos. This book focuses on the Jews in the Łódź, Warsaw, and Kraków ghettos as they struggled to survive the deadly Nazi ghetto and, in particular, the genocidal famine conditions. Jews had no control over Nazi food policy but they attempted to survive the deadly conditions of Nazi ghettoization through a range of coping mechanisms and survival strategies. In this book, Helene Sinnreich explores their story, drawing from diaries and first-hand accounts of the victims and survivors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
ISBN:1009105299
Access:Open Access.
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781009105293