Different perspectives on the controversially discussed »Jewish Councils« The Jewish
representative organisations that were instituted by German authorities and their allies during
the Second World War commonly known as »Jewish Councils« have been controversial since their
establishment. These organisations' leaders have been criticised for their alleged cooperation
with the Nazis and their role in the deportation of Jewish communities. As a result of the
debates on this topic some historians and public activists have obfuscated the question of
responsibility for the Holocaust. This edited volume gives nuance to existing perspectives on
»Jewish Councils« by offering a pan-European comparative framework. It provides a diversified
understanding of these organisations and shows that local contexts and dynamics were decisive
in shaping their form function and strategies. Includes: Laurien Vastenhout: Challenging the
East West Dichotomy: Parallels and Differences between »Jewish Council« in Western Europe and
Beyond. Philipp Dinkenlaker: »A Section of the Gestapo«? The Role of Jewish Auxiliaries the
Reichsvereinigung and the Hunt for »Illegal« Jews between 1943 and 1945 in Berlin. Andrea Löw:
The German Jewish Councils and the Organization of Life in the German Ghettos of Riga and
Minsk. Der Band erscheint vollständig in englischer Sprache.
