Overview

After 1948, the 370,000 surviving Jews of Romania became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel. Behind Romania's decision to allow its Jews to leave were practical economic and political reasons: Israel paid for them, and Romania wanted influence in the Middle East. The trade satisfied both states and is still considered a highly confidential matter. In The Ransom of the Jews, Radu Ioanid of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum traces the intriguing story of this secret exchange.

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Provides the first comprehensive treatment of the most vexing problem of twentieth-century Israeli-Romanian realtions and its international ramifications.--Dov. B. Lungu International History Review

A remarkable and engrossing read [The Ransom of the Jews] will give readers an excellent perspective.--Norm Goldman Bookpleasures.com

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Radu Ioanid is director of international archival programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Born in Bucharest, he was educated in Romania and in France, and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland. He has also written The Holocaust in Romania and wrote the Introduction to Mihail Sebastian's acclaimed Journal 1935–1944, both published by Ivan R. Dee.

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