Auschwitz, the allies and censorship of the Holocaust [electronic resource] / Michael Fleming.
2014
D804.7.M67 . F54 2014eb
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Auschwitz, the allies and censorship of the Holocaust [electronic resource] / Michael Fleming.
Author
Fleming, Michael, author.
ISBN
9781139907514 (electronic book)
9781107062795
9781107062795
Published
Cambridge, [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (406 pages)
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D804.7.M67 . F54 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.53/18
Summary
"What was the extent of allied knowledge regarding the mass murder of Jews at Auschwitz during the Second World War? The question is one which continues to prompt heated historical debate, and Michael Fleming's important new book offers a definitive account of just how much the Allies knew. By tracking Polish and other reports about Auschwitz from their source, and surveying how knowledge was gathered, controlled and distributed to different audiences, the book examines the extent to which information about the camp was passed on to the British and American authorities, and how the dissemination of this knowledge was limited by propaganda and information agencies in the West. In a fascinating new study, the author reveals that the Allies had extensive knowledge of the mass killing of Jews at Auschwitz much earlier than previously thought; but the publicising of this information was actively discouraged in Britain and the US"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Censorship, self-censorship and the discursive environment
The Polish government in exile in London
Intelligence about Auschwitz: November 1940-February 1943
British suppression of news of Auschwitz: March 1943-June/July 1944
Reassessing the significance of the Vrba/Wetzler report
Conclusion; Appendix 1. Information about Auschwitz to reach the West, November 1942-June 1944
Appendix 2. Archives and historians.
The Polish government in exile in London
Intelligence about Auschwitz: November 1940-February 1943
British suppression of news of Auschwitz: March 1943-June/July 1944
Reassessing the significance of the Vrba/Wetzler report
Conclusion; Appendix 1. Information about Auschwitz to reach the West, November 1942-June 1944
Appendix 2. Archives and historians.