Nazi Persecution

The Red Cross and the Holocaust

Jewish History | by Merv Islip | Volume 25, Issue 1 | January - February 2019

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is widely regarded as an independent and neutral organisation, however, during the Holocaust, the ICRC failed to protect Jews and, following World War II, it worked with the Vatican to protect Nazi war criminals and collaborators.1

The…

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The Fate of the Jews of France in World War 2

Jewish History | by Merv Islip | Volume 17, Issue 5 | September - October 2011

France had welcomed Jewish immigrants during the interwar period, many of them from Eastern Europe. But in the 1930s, as refugees fleeing Nazi persecution increased, France began to reassess this ‘open-door’ policy. When German forces invaded France on May 10, 1940, there were about 350,000 Jews…

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Nazi Persecution

The Red Cross and the Holocaust

The Fate of the Jews of France in World War 2

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