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Allied Intelligence Agencies and the Holocaust: Information Acquired from German Prisoners of War

Tyas, S. — 2008-04-09

In the early days of World War II, British intelligence agencies began secretly recording conversations between German prisoners of war in the hope of acquiring information on technical advances. The information gathered was to be used in the war effort against Germany. Transcripts of these conversations, now declassified, represent a previously unknown or overlooked source of information about the Holocaust, providing evidence of individual German officers' participation in and knowledge of war crimes. The fact that the transcripts of and reports on the monitored conversations were locked away for over thirty years after the end of the war supports the view that intelligence agencies placed a higher priority on maintaining the secrecy of their methods than on aiding the prosecution of war criminals.

Far from Oblivion: The Nanking Massacre in Japanese Historical Writing for Children and Young Adults

Penney, M. — 2008-04-09

The Nanking Massacre of 1937 frequently has been described as a forgotten genocidal act or "Holocaust." Concentrating on atrocity as reflected in Japanese popular historical writing for children and adolescents since the 1960s, this essay argues that such war crimes are far from ignored. Representations of the Nanking Massacre in particular, and of Japanese World War II atrocities in general, have been widely mobilized in Japan to inculcate an anti-war philosophy.

The Use and Abuse of the Holocaust: Historiography and Politics in Moldova

Dumitru, D. — 2008-04-09

Since the collapse of the USSR the historical profession in Moldova has changed to reflect new political circumstances and interests. This revolution profoundly influences writing about World War II, Romania and the Antonescu dictatorship, the experience of Bessarabia in the 1940s, and the destruction of Romania's Jews and Roma. Certain nationalist historians minimize the crimes of the Antonescu regime and its supporters, while the present Communist Party, its supporters, and others stress them. How the study of the Holocaust fares in this politicized atmosphere forms the subject of the present study.

Conspiracy of Silence: How the "Old Boys" of American Intelligence Shielded SS General Karl Wolff from Prosecution

von Lingen, K. — 2008-04-09

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the escape from prosecution of SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, one of the central SS figures in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Key to his evasion of justice was his role in "Operation Sunrise"—negotiations conducted by high-ranking American, Swiss, and British officials in violation of the Western Allies' agreements with the Soviet Union—for the surrender of German forces in Italy. After 1945, these officials, including most notably Allen W. Dulles, shielded Wolff from prosecution in order to prevent information about the negotiations from coming out. The details had to be kept secret, they believed, in order to avoid a confrontation with Stalin as the Cold War took shape. New evidence suggests that the Western Allies not only failed to ensure cooperation between their respective national war crimes prosecution organizations, but in certain cases even obstructed justice by withholding evidence.

Using and Abusing the Holocaust, Lawrence L. Langer (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), xix + 165 pp., $29.95

Jones, D. H. — 2008-04-09

A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility, Taner Akcam (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006), xii + 467 pp., $30.00

Melson, R. — 2008-04-09

The Holocaust in Hungary: Sixty Years Later, Randolph L. Braham and Brewster S Chamberlin, eds. (New York: The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, Graduate Center of The City University of New York; Boulder, CO: Social Science Monographs in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2006), xxix + 390 pp., $50.00

Deak, I. — 2008-04-09

In Defense of Christian Hungary: Religion, Nationalism, and Antisemitism, 1890-1944, Paul A. Hanebrink (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006) x + 255 pp., $39.95

Cole, T. — 2008-04-09

In the Shadows of the Holocaust and Communism: Czech and Slovak Jews Since 1945, Alena Heitlinger (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2006), xiii + 238 pp., $39.95

Rapaport, L. — 2008-04-09

The Gypsies during the Second World War. Volume 3. The Final Chapter. Donald Kenrick, ed. (Hatfield: The University of Hertfordshire Press, 2006), xviii + 264 pp., pbk., $29.95

Crowe, D. — 2008-04-09

Halbmond und Hakenkreuz: Das Dritte Reich, die Araber und Palastina, Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cuppers (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006), 287 pp., {euro}56.85

Nicosia, F. R. — 2008-04-09

The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality, Wette Wolfram (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), xix + 372 pp., cloth $29.95, pbk. $17.95

Fritz, S. G. — 2008-04-09

The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965: Genocide, History, and the Limits of the Law, Devin O. Pendas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), xx + 340 pp., cloth $95.00

Bryant, M. S. — 2008-04-09

Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America, Beth B. Cohen. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2007), 224 pp., cloth $44.95

Helmreich, W. B. — 2008-04-09

Second-Generation Holocaust Literature: Legacies of Survival and Perpetration, Erin McGlothlin (Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2006), xviii + 254 pp., cloth $75.00

Baer, E. R. — 2008-04-09

Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism, and the Problem of English, Alan Rosen (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), xiv + 248 pp., cloth $45.00

Alexander, J. M. — 2008-04-09

America and the Return of Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures, Michael J. Kurtz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 288 pp., $75.00

Waite, R. G. — 2008-04-09

Recently Published Works in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

2008-04-09

Erratum

2008-04-09

Obituary

James, H. — 2008-04-09

Biographies of Contributors

2008-04-09