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Author:
Federman, Sarah, author.
Title:
Last train to Auschwitz : the French National Railways and the journey to accountability / Sarah Federman.
Publisher:
The University of Wisconsin Press,
Copyright Date:
2021]
Description:
xxiii, 302 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Societe nationale des chemins de fer francʹais--History.
Societe nationale des chemins de fer francʹais.
Railroads--France--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--France.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
Jews--History--France--History--20th century.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Deportation.
Jews--Persecutions.
Railroads.
Transportation.
France.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-290) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The making of a conflict -- Part I. The war years. The German occupation: The SNCF as victim ; The deportations: The SNCF as perpetrator ; The resistance: The SNCF as hero -- Part II. Accountability. Holding the SNCF accountable ; The SNCF struggles to clear its name ; SNCF America ; Maryland takes on the SNCF ; Memory laws and atonement -- Conclusion: Toward corporate accountability.
ISBN:
0299331709
9780299331702
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1200834044
LCCN:
2020035409
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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