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Leni Yahil (1912–2007) was an Israeli scholar and pioneer of Holocaust research in the decades following World War II. Her work uniquely emphasized the importance of Jewish primary sources and Jewish perspectives on the Holocaust, highlighting the role of Jewish resistance to Nazism and challenging assumptions about Jewish passivity.
The Uniqueness of the Rescue of Danish Jewry
I must admit that the invitation to lecture on the rescue of Danish Jewry somewhat baffled me. I have already dealt with the subject many times, and thought that I had totally exhausted it, that there was nothing more to add. After additional thought on the matter, however, I decided that it would be a good idea to briefly summarize the events and note the key aspects of the rescue of Danish Jewry in an attempt to compare the circumstances of their rescue with similar attempts elsewhere in... Continue reading