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02441aam a2200421 i 4500 001 359EB62EE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 190801t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019022983 020 $a 1785338862 020 $a 9781785338861 035 $a (OCoLC)1111648797 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d HUC $d YDX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 042 $a pcc 043 $a ew----- 050 00 $a D804.3 F72513 2019 100 1 $a Fransecky, Tanja von $e author. 240 10 $a Flucht von Juden aus DeportationszuÌgen in Frankreich, Belgien und den Niederlanden. $l English 245 10 $a Escapees : $b the history of Jews who fled Nazi deportation trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands / $c Tanja von Fransecky ; translated by Benjamin Liebelt. 250 $a English language edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berghahn Books, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 302 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps. In France, Belgium, and the Netherlands alone over 750 men, women and children undertook such dramatic escape attempts, despite the extraordinary uncertainty and physical danger they often faced. Drawing upon extensive interviews and a wealth of new historical evidence, Escapees gives a fascinating collective account of this hitherto neglected form of resistance to Nazi persecution"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) $z Europe, Western. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Deportations from France. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Deportations from Netherlands. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Deportations from Belgium. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Jewish resistance. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Rescue. $x Rescue. 700 1 $a Liebelt, Benjamin, $e translator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a von Fransecky, Tanja, $t Escapees $b First edition. $d New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. $z 9781785338878 $w (DLC) 2019022984 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105025029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=359EB62EE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search