Jews, Suicide, and the Holocaust

by Mark A. Mengerink

This accessible study examines the Holocaust's "forgotten victims" - Jews and other victims who suicided from 1939 to 1945. Using diaries, survivor memoirs, and survivor interviews, the manuscript places suicide victims and their experiences into the traditional Holocaust narrative.

From considering what "suicide" means in the Holocaust context to considerations about suicide as resistance to Nazi persecution and murder, this study examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138589756
• ISBN13: 9781138589759
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages