{"product_id":"ordinary-jews-choice-and-survival-during-the-holocaust-9780691197180","title":"Ordinary Jews: Choice and Survival During the Holocaust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Jewish responses during the Holocaust shed new light on the dynamics of genocide and political violence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the choices and actions of Jews during the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Jews\u003c\/i\u003e examines the different patterns of behavior of civilians targeted by mass violence. Relying on rich archival material and hundreds of survivors' testimonies, Evgeny Finkel presents a new framework for understanding the survival strategies in which Jews engaged: cooperation and collaboration, coping and compliance, evasion, and resistance. Finkel compares Jews' behavior in three Jewish ghettos-Minsk, Kraków, and Bialystok-and shows that Jews' responses to Nazi genocide varied based on their experiences with prewar policies that either promoted or discouraged their integration into non-Jewish society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinkel demonstrates that while possible survival strategies were the same for everyone, individuals' choices varied across and within communities. In more cohesive and robust Jewish communities, coping-confronting the danger and trying to survive without leaving-was more organized and successful, while collaboration with the Nazis and attempts to escape the ghetto were minimal. In more heterogeneous Jewish communities, collaboration with the Nazis was more pervasive, while coping was disorganized. In localities with a history of peaceful interethnic relations, evasion was more widespread than in places where interethnic relations were hostile. State repression before WWII, to which local communities were subject, determined the viability of anti-Nazi Jewish resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the critical influences shaping the decisions made by Jews in Nazi-occupied eastern Europe, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Jews\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the dynamics of collective violence and genocide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evgeny Finkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691197180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvgeny Finkel\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of international affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40384367526003,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d415b0bf-2243-48da-ba52-c29f0fc39e9c.jpg?v=1661436009","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ordinary-jews-choice-and-survival-during-the-holocaust-9780691197180","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}