Under The Shadow Of The Rising Sun: Japa

Name: Under The Shadow Of The Rising Sun: Japa
Brand: Academic Studies Press

Academic Studies Press

Under the Shadow of the Rising SunJapan and the Jews during the Holocaust Era (Lectures from the \""Broadcast University\"" of Israel Army Radio)\nAuthor(s): Meron Medzini\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press, United States\nImprint: Academic Studies Press\nISBN-13: 9781618115225, 978-1618115225\nSynopsis\nEven before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese government and people to the Jews was totally different than that of the official German position and that it had no intention of taking measures against the Jews that could be seen as racially motivated. During World War II some 40,000 Jews found themselves under Japanese occupation in Manchuria, China and countries of South East Asia. Virtually all of them survived the war, unlike their brethren in Europe. This book traces the evolution of Japan's policy towards the Jews from the beginning of the 20th century, the existence of anti-S""