“There were cries of joy, some of sorrow”: Canadian Jewish Soldiers and Early Encounters with Survivors

A close study of the early contacts between Canadian Jewish soldiers and survivors reveals many of the features largely associated only with the “liberation” of the camps in 1945. Already in 1944, in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, Canadian soldiers had encountered evidence of the Holocaust, es...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard Menkis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2019-06-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40108