Arrows in the Dark: David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership, and Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust

705 Pages·2003·4.47 MB·English

by  Tuvia Friling

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Arrows
in the Dark

Arrows
in the Dark
David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership,
and Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust
Volume 1
Tuvia Friling
Translated by Ora Cummings
The University ofWisconsin Press
This book was published with the support of Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the Shalem Center in Jerusalem.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Friling, Tuvia.
[Hets ba-arafel. English]
Arrows in the dark: David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust /
Tuvia Friling [translated by Ora Cummings].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-299-17550-2(hc)
1. World War, 1939–1945—Jews—Rescue. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)
3. Jews—Palestine—Politics and government—20th century. 4. Ben-Gurion, David, 1886–1973. I. Title.
D804.6.F7513 2003
940.53(cid:1)1835—dc21
2003008907
In memory ofmy father,Haron Ben-Avra’am,and my mother,Ida-Yehudit
May they rest in peace

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
Part I.Confronting the Information
1. Phases of Acknowledging: Information, Consciousness,
Mental and Emotional Processing 15
2. Protest: Political Tool or Substitute for Action? 77
3. Lightning Rod: Establishing the Rescue Committee 125
Part II.Rescue Plans
General Introduction 139
4. “Or We Shall Have No Repentance”: Plans to Rescue Children 143
5. Dealing with the Devil: The 1942and 1943Ransom Plans 195
6. Between the Hammer and the Anvil in 1944:
Continuing Efforts to Rescue Children and the Struggle
for Immigration to Palestine 239
7. The Secret Partnership 261
Notes 357