Dan J. Puckett, "In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust" (U Alabama Press, 2014)

Summary

In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama's Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama's Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history.

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