Rezistenţa legală prin petiţii în timpul Holocaustului. Strategiile liderului evreu român Wilhelm Filderman, 1940-1944
Legal Resistance through Petitions during the Holocaust. The Strategies of Romanian Jewish Leader Wilhelm Filderman, 1940–1944
Author(s): Ștefan Cristian IonescuSubject(s): History of Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Diplomatic history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1939 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Editura Hasefer
Keywords: Romania; Antonescu regime; Wilhelm Filderman; antisemitic policies; Jewish resistance; petitions;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter examines the role of the Jewish leader Wilhelm Filderman in resisting the antisemitic policies of the Antonescu regime during the Holocaust in Romania. Based on the recently published memoirs and diaries of Filderman and other Jewish leaders as well as archival documents, this chapter argues that, faced with Antonescu’s antisemitic policies, Filderman and his collaborators pursued a sophisticated, persistent strategy of non-violent legal resistance to the Holocaust through petitioning local authorities, courts, and foreign diplomats. This petitioning strategy was partially successful in reversing some antisemitic measures and thus contributed – together with other factors – to saving Jewish lives.
Journal: Revista de Istorie a Evreilor din Romania
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 6-7(22-23)
- Page Range: 243-265
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Romanian
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