Holocaust and Memory: The Experience of the Holocaust and Its Consequences : An Investigation Based on Personal Narratives - Couverture souple

Engelking, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0718502817 ISBN 13 : 9780718502812

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

Synopsis

Originally published in Polish and based on interviews with Jewish Holocaust survivors still living in Poland, this book is an investigation of their life during the war and the sense they made of it. The book maps the psychological and social landscape of the Holocaust in the three arenas of Jewish experience - ghettos, camps and the "Aryan side". Dr Engelking presents the survivors' personal interpretations of the Holocaust, including accounts of the reasons for Fascism and antisemitism, the obedience of those who carried out Nazi policies and the passivity of their victims. The psychological consequences of wartime experiences are explored, including interviews with survivors who stayed on in Poland after the war and were victims of antisemitism again in 1968. These discussions bring into question some of the accepted stereotypes found in Holocaust literature. A final chapter looks at the legacy of the Holocaust, the problems of transmitting experience and of the place of the Holocaust in Polish history and culture.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in Polish to great acclaim and based on interviews with survivors of the Holocaust in Poland, Holocaust and Memory provides a moving description of their life during the war and the sense they made of it. The book begins by looking at the differences between the wartime experiences of Jews and Poles in occupied Poland, both in terms of Nazi legislation and individual experiences. On the Aryan side of the ghetto wall, Jews could either be helped or blackmailed by Poles. The largest section of the book reconstructs everyday life in the ghetto. The psychological consequences of wartime experiences are explored, including interviews with survivors who stayed on in Poland after the war and were victims of anti-Semitism again in 1968. These discussions bring into question some of the accepted survivor stereotypes found in Holocaust literature. A final chapter looks at the legacy of the Holocaust, the problems of transmitting experience and of the place of the Holocaust in Polish history and culture.

Biographie de l'auteur

Barbara Engelking is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. She has written three books in Polish on subjects related to the Holocaust.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0718502817
• ISBN 13: 9780718502812
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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