This groundbreaking study examines the various ways Jews were betrayed by their fellow countrymen during the Holocaust. They were forced out of their professions and universities, their neighbors and friends betrayed them to the authorities, and the authorities "legally" withdrew their rights and stripped them of their possessions under Aryanization policies. Many who believed themselves Christian found themselves and their children categorized as "halfbreeds." The police and railway companies cooperated with the Nazis in transporting Jews to their deaths or to be subjected to unspeakable medical experiments. The betrayal did not end in 1945, as there is evidence of Holocaust survivors being attacked as they returned home. This book reveals the story of the slave laborers who toiled for German firms and international companies like Ford; the plight of Jewish Olympians who were murdered; and the impact of Nazi policies on Agatha Christie, Margaret Thatcher, and Coco Chanel.
