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Different perspectives on the controversially discussed ≫Jewish Councils≪ The Jewish representative organisations that were instituted by German authorities and their allies during the Second World War, commonly known as ≫Jewish Councils≪, have been controversial since their establishment. These organisations’ leaders have been criticised for their alleged cooperation with the Nazis and their role in the deportation of Jewish communities. As a result of the debates on this topic, some historians and public activists have obfuscated the question of responsibility for the Holocaust. This edited volume gives nuance to existing perspectives on ≫Jewish Councils≪ by offering a pan-European comparative framework. It provides a diversified understanding of these organisations and shows that local contexts and dynamics were decisive in shaping their form, function, and strategies. Includes: Laurien Vastenhout: Challenging the East/West Dichotomy: Parallels and Differences between ≫Jewish Council≪ in Western Europe and Beyond. Philipp Dinkenlaker: ≫A Section of the Gestapo≪? The Role of Jewish Auxiliaries, the Reichsvereinigung, and the Hunt for ≫Illegal≪ Jews between 1943 and 1945 in Berlin. Andrea Loew: The German Jewish Councils and the Organization of Life in the German Ghettos of Riga and Minsk. Der Band erscheint vollstaendig in englischer Sprache.