Survival Strategies and Ways of Helping Jewish Spouses in Mixed Marriages in Wrocław and Hamburg. A case study Cover Image

Strategie przetrwania i udzielanie pomocy żydowskim partnerom w małżeństwach mieszanych we Wrocławiu i Hamburgu. Studium kilku przypadków
Survival Strategies and Ways of Helping Jewish Spouses in Mixed Marriages in Wrocław and Hamburg. A case study

Author(s): Katharina Friedla
Subject(s): History, Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: mixed marriages; people of mixed origin; help to Jews; Hamburg; Wrocław

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the complexity of life of mixed married couples in two large cities, Wrocław and Hamburg, during the Third Reich. The stories of six mixed families outline the issue of help provided to Jews by their non-Jewish spouses. Each case is analysed in terms of the survival strategy, the changing family constellations, the methods and possibilities of provision of help, and the dangers and dilemmas faced by the families of the mixed married couples.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 310-324
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish