The Holocaust Books

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn addition to the richness of the calendrical artifacts surveyed, Rosen provides an evidence based argument against the erasure of Jewish time. Applying a fresh integration of historiography and hermeneutics, he forges a path that leads beyond Holocaust time by delving into its devestating details. * the Lehrhaus *The Holocaust's Jewish Calendars offers a major contribution to the understanding of the life Jews had to experience not only as human beings cast into dreadful circumstances, but most sensibly as people trying to survive under inhuman situations, chiefly designed to eradicate their own Jewishness. [Rosen's] book is a major opus to add to the library of any reader. -- Sylvie Anne Goldberg, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris * Slavic Review *Rosen's important and very readable study raises and answers an array of significant questions concerning the concept and meaning of Jewish time as well as the value of a calendar's insistence on normalcy, regularity, and order during the hellishly disordered time of the Shoah. * the arts fuse *Rosen's work is the most comprehensive to date treatment of these precious artifacts of the Holocaust's Jewish efforts to maintain religious observations and identity and should serve scholars and lay people interested in accessing this aspect of Jewish martyrology. * Choice *The Holocaust's Jewish Calendars is a masterpiece that helps us grasp one of the most fundamental traditional modes of spiritual resistance—the tracking of Jewish time in the ghettos, camps and in hiding. * Jewish Action *The book offers a comprehensive overview as well as a detailed insight into everyday Jewish life during the Holocaust as well as into the techniques of survival and the preservation of one's own Jewish identity through the special access to the Jewish time. Rosen illustrates how the victims opposed the destruction of Jewish life when they wrote the Jewish calendar, and thus makes a fundamental contribution to it. -- Christin Zühlke * H-Soz-Kult *The Holocaust's Jewish Calendars is deeply researched, eloquently written, and filled with surprises. Rosen has unearthed a treasure trove of calendrical works, mute survivors to historical calamity. He analyzes each artifact in terms of its materiality, its creator, its calendrical calculations, and its Holocaust setting. By means of the calendars, Rosen explores philosophically the meaning of tracking time under such extreme conditions. The Holocaust's Jewish Calendars is an original and profound contribution to the study of Jewish culture during the Holocaust. -- Elisheva Carlebach * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Time at the End of a Jewish CenturyPart II: Tracking Time in the New Jewish Century: Calendars in Wartime GhettosPart III: Concentration Camps, Endless Time, and Jewish TimePart IV: While in Hiding: Calendar Consciousness on the Edge of DestructionPart V: At the Top of the Page: Calendar Dates in Holocaust DiariesPart VI: The Holocaust as a Revolution in Jewish Time: The Lubavitcher Rebbes' Wartime Calendar BookEpilogueAppendix 1: Inventory of Wartime Jewish CalendarsAppendix 2: Months of the Jewish Calendar Year, with Their Holidays and Fast DaysAppendix 3: English-Language Rendering of Rabbi Scheiner CalendarGlossarySelective BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Secret Diary of Arnold Douwes provides a rare portrait of what it meant to resist day in and day out and is as close to a record of the psychology of a resister as one can get. It is an important addition to the few books about the Netherlands during the war available in English. -- Dr. Megan Korman * Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies *Table of ContentsPrologue: Mordecai PaldielEditors' PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranslator's NotesContextual Introduction The DiaryAftermathEpilogueGlossaryBiographical Sketches

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Book SynopsisDiscover Elie Wiesel and Jorge Semprún in conversation. These two men, whose destinies were unparalleled, had probably crossed paths—without ever meeting—in the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in 1945. Both men offer riveting testimony and pay vibrant homage to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.Table of ContentsPublisher's NoteIntroduction by Radu IoanidGallery of PhotographsIt Is Impossible to Remain SilentNotesSelected Bibliographies of Jorge Semprún and Elie Wiesel

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The annexed areas in Poland became the scene of many machinations in which experts of the "race state" and representative of a traditional Germanization policy confronted each other. Gerhard Wolf pursues the tortuous and inconsistent implementation of National Socialist politics down to the local level, thereby giving much needed clarity to the complex debate about the significant of ideology of National Socialist rule."—Geoff Eley, author of Nazism as Fascism"Gerhard Wolf's excellent study illustrates how much National Socialist "ethnic politics" was shaped by traditional notions of belonging and exclusion. In the implementation of Nazi ideology, Wolf shows that politics could be both practical and principled. Here it becomes clear how a dynamic understanding of borders, which separated those who belonged from others who did not, could become a decisive instrument for the consolidation of German rule. This rule was legitimized and shaped by what we now call false nationalization."—Donald Bloxham, author of The Final Solution: A Genocide"Gerhard Wolf's real contribution is to pick apart the highly conflictual and polycratic process by which Nazi policies were formed, tracking both the long-running turf war between the Reich Interior Ministry and the SS Race and Resettlement Office in Berlin. Well-researched, clear, convincing, with real intellectual verve."—Nicholas Stargardt, author of The German War: A Nation under Arms, 1939-1945Table of ContentsPreface to the English EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The German Quest for Polish Land2. War: Projecting the "Lebensraum" Dystopia onto Poland3. Consolidating Power: Reinforcing the German Occupation Regime through Population Policy4. "Lebensraum": Population Policy in the Tug of War Between Racial Hubris and the Rational Demands of Power5. Labor Deployment: Population Policy as a Tool of Exploitation and AssimilationConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex of personsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This complex story is engagingly told through highly readable life histories and analysis, and provides much to think about concerning the aftermath of traumatic histories."—Francesca Merlan, Australian National University"Jakob brilliantly traces the transgenerational impact of World War II, and the trauma and shame of Germany's dark past that still haunts individuals and scars families. A searing inquiry into the multilayered meanings of public rituals, social memories and emotional suffering of a generation—painfully struggling with the inheritance of war and loss. An outstanding achievement."—Assa Doron, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Between 'Mastering' and 'Silencing' the Past –Public Commemorations of World War II2. "Why do you Have to Dig Around in the Past?" –Conversations About World War II in German Families3. Better 'Sick' Than 'Strange' –The Kriegsenkel Movement and the Desire to Legitimize Suffering4. "Hooray, I am a Kriegsenkel!" –Suffering and Liberation in the Age of Therapy5. The Invisible Wounds of War –Kriegsenkel Accounts of Transgenerational Transmission6. The Losses and the Shame of War –Absence in Kriegsenkel NarrativesConclusionAppendix –Interview Structure and Sample QuestionsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This collection of valuable studies shows how the German universities—already home to many conservative-nationalist and anti-democratic faculty as well as nazified students before 1933—welcomed the onset of the Nazi dictatorship and pursued a course of "self-coordination" in purging Jews and political opponents. Within the humanities, a core of Nazi activists in major disciplines such as theology, law, archeology, and history certainly exercised an inordinate influence over hiring, funding, and curriculum, but numerous opportunists and fellow travelers even in smaller departments adopted Nazi racial rhetoric and sought to demonstrate their "relevance" and "usefulness" to the Nazi cause. In the post-war period a few of the most egregious academic Nazis served as useful scapegoats, but the vast majority of faculty viewed themselves as the double victims of Hitler's dictatorship and war on the one hand and the Allies' unfair denazification on the other. But at least, in a second act of self-coordination, they sanitized their vitas, forgot their past complicities, and began to act like the non-Nazi, apolitical scholars they now claimed to have been all along."—Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"This is a sobering study of how quickly and completely German universities and the humanities were corrupted by Nazi ideology and policies during the National Socialist era. Led by some of the most prominent scholars in their fields, entire scholarly disciplines conformed to Nazi rule, leading to the broader perversion of humanistic values, standards and ethics throughout Germany. Thoughtful and profound, the essays in this volume explore this history as a warning for our own times."—Victoria J. Barnett, Director (retired), Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust, U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum"As I read this rich collection, I found myself learning at nearly every turn, even from many of the footnotes. These are serious, well-researched and well-written studies; their authors draw upon both primary sources (not infrequently unpublished archival items) and secondary sources in the original languages to construct their arguments. Taken together, this is a compelling collection of serious essays from which readers, whether specialists or non-specialists, will learn much. The essays complement each other and even build on each other."—Saul M. Olyan, Samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University"With Jewish students under assault on campuses across the United States, The Betrayal of the Humanities demonstrates the role academicians can play in "validating" antisemitism and producing research to underpin genocidal worldviews."—The Times of Israel"The Betrayal of the Humanities is a testimony to what can go wrong if humanistic education is separated from ethics, from moral imperatives, and from the face of one's neighbor. We would do well to heed its warning."—Kathleen Gallagher Elkins, Review of Biblical LiteratureTable of ContentsList of ContributorsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceI. Nazi Germany and the Historical Humanities1. The History of the Humanities in the Third Reich, by Alan E. Steinweis2. The "Orient" and "Us", by Suzanne L. Marchand3. Luther Scholars, Jews, and Judaism during the Third Reich, by Christopher J. Probst4. Gerhard von Rad's Struggle against the Nazification of the Old Testament, by Bernard M. Levinson5. Jewish Studies in the Service of Nazi Ideology, by Anders Gerdmar6. Hermann Grapow, Egyptology, and National Socialist Initiatives for the Humanities, by Thomas Schneider7. German Assyriology, by Johannes Renger8. National Socialist Archaeology as a Faustian Bargain, by Bettina ArnoldII. Law, Music, and Philosophy in the Third Reich9. Hitler's Willing Law Professors, by Oren Gross10. The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, by Michael Cherlin11. Political Philosophy, by Emmanuel FayeIII. Nazi Germany and Beyond12. The Nazification and Denazification of the University of Göttingen, by Robert P. Ericksen13. The University of Göttingen and Its Postwar Response to Persecuted Colleagues, by Aniko Szabo14. Italian Fascism, by Franklin Hugh Adler15. Is There an Anti-Jewish Bias in Today's University?, by Alvin H. RosenfeldIndex of Scholars and Related Academic Figures ExaminedIndex of Paramilitary and Military Roles HeldIndex of Universities and Academic Institutions Examined Index of AuthorsSubject Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The history of German Jews in the Nazi period is generally told as a history of deprivation of rights, expulsion, and exile, while the history of their destruction is subsumed under the history of European Jewry. Moshe Zimmermann is to be commended as the first to have rendered their distinct path to destruction a subject of portrayal: Their obstructed perception of their designated fate on the basis of their habitual legal comprehension of reality, their decency and their acceptance."—Dan Diner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem"To this brilliant new synthesis on the history of the Jews in the Third Reich, Moshe Zimmermann has brought a lifetime of learning on modern German and Jewish history. Germans against Germans explores the expectations and desires of contemporaries as they lived them, without knowing how history would turn up. This is essential reading for scholars in the field."—Alon Confino, University of Massachusetts AmherstTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations1. The Decline of German Jewry2. The Tabula Rasa Policy3. "Days of Grace" in a Mousetrap4. From Quarantine to Depatriation5. Lost in the East6. Mischlinge, "Divers," and Virtual Jews7. "The Jews Were Our Misfortune"8. Jews as Germans Abroad9. Looking Back, Looking AheadBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThree million Polish Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, wiping out nearly 98 percent of the Jewish population who had lived and thrived there for generations. Night Without End tells the stories of their resistance, suffering, and death in unflinching, horrific detail. Based on meticulous research from across Poland, it concludes that those who were responsible for so many deaths included a not insignificant number of Polish villagers and townspeople who aided the Germans in locating and slaughtering Jews.When these findings were first published in a Polish edition in 2018, a storm of protest and lawsuits erupted from Holocaust deniers and from people who claimed the research was falsified and smeared the national character of the Polish people.Night Without End, translated and published for the first time in English in association with Yad Vashem, presents the critical facts, significant findings, and the unmistakable evidence of Polish collaboration iTrade Review"Professors Grabowski and Engelking belong to the small group of founders of the New Polish School of Research on the Holocaust. Their work has revolutionized historiography of the Holocaust in Poland and beyond. Night without End shows well the meticulous quality of their scholarship and the openness with which they confront the subject of complicity of the local population in the persecution of Jews during the German occupation of Poland."—Jan T Gross, Princeton University (Emeritus)"Night Without End marks a turning point in scholarship on the Holocaust in Poland. Drilling down on the role of the local population in the Judeocide, Night Without End sheds bright light on key questions long taboo in Polish society and elided by historians. Bold and innovative, it opens our lens on Jews' struggle for survival through the trajectories of individuals, showing how their Polish, Ukrainian, and Belorussian neighbors greatly increased or substantially diminished their chances of survival."—Debórah Dwork, The Graduate Center—City University of New York"This remarkable volume includes a series of detailed local studies of the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland by a group of outstanding scholars. Altogether, Night without End provides an unprecedented reconstruction of the daily reality of genocide, meticulously demonstrating the extent of local Polish participation in hunting down and murdering their Jewish neighbors. No amount of apologetic arguments will be able to dispel the well-documented findings of this volume or dispute the general conclusion that numerous victims might have survived but for the greed and callousness of the surrounding Polish society. This shocking book is an indispensable addition to the scholarship on the Holocaust and to our understanding of the social dynamic of genocide."—Omer Bartov, author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With this book Susanna Schrafstetter has written one of the most thoughtful, well-researched, and genuinely comparative historical studies on rescue that I know of, and one of the only ones to reflect on restitution, postwar trajectories, and the place in postwar Germany for the survivors. Not only is it one of the most nuanced historical studies to appear on rescue in Germany, it is an essential read for historians of the topic in any national context."—Mark Roseman, Distinguished Professor of History, Pat M Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University"This is a rather remarkable book. It stands out from the hundreds of other books published every year on the Holocaust by focusing on a group of victims who have been somewhat neglected. There exists already some literature on hidden Jews in Berlin, but we have no study as detailed as this on another major German city like Munich. In terms of the critical analysis of all her sources and the existing literature, this study could stand as a model for undergraduate or graduate teaching. Beyond that, the searing stories of suffering, and the touching tales of assistance offered, make this a book that will appeal to a broader non-academic audience as well."—Geoffrey J. Giles, University of Florida"This extraordinarily careful exploration of a hitherto neglected aspect of German and Jewish history during World War II and the in the decades after the war will be of great interest to both scholars and those with a general interest Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the occupation period, and the development of the Federal Republic of German since 1949."—Gerhard L. Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsMapsIntroduction1. Under Nazi Rule: Jews in Munich, 1933–19412. The Deportations3. Early Escapes: Fall 1941–Summer 19424. The Conclusion of the Mass Deportations in 1943: A Second Wave of Escapes?5. Evading the Final Deportations in February 19456. Dangers and Failed Escapes, 1941–1945: Denunciation, Exploitation, Discovery, Illness7. Specific Groups of Helpers and Those They Helped: Hidden Children and Church Aid8. To and from Munich: Regional, National, and Transnational Escape Routes and Connections9. After 1945: Reconstruction or New Beginning?10. Postwar Encounters11. Compensation for Surviving U-Boats, Their Family Members, and Their Helpers12. U-Boats and Their Helpers in Postwar German SocietyConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBetween ten thousand and twelve thousand Jews tried to escape Nazi genocide by going into hiding. With the help of Jewish and non-Jewish relatives, friends, or people completely unknown to them, these U-boats, as they came to be known, dared to lead a life underground. Flight and Concealment brings to light their hidden stories. Deftly weaving together personal accounts with a broader comparative look at the experiences of Jews throughout Germany, historian Susanna Schrafstetter tells the story of the Jews in Munich and Upper Bavaria who fled deportation by going underground. Archival sources and interviews with survivors and with the Germans who aided or exploited them reveal a complex, often intimate story of hope, greed, and sometimes betrayal. Flight and Concealment shows the options and strategies for survival of those in hiding and their helpers, and discusses the ways in which some Germans enriched themselves at the expense of the refugees.Trade Review"With this book Susanna Schrafstetter has written one of the most thoughtful, well-researched, and genuinely comparative historical studies on rescue that I know of, and one of the only ones to reflect on restitution, postwar trajectories, and the place in postwar Germany for the survivors. Not only is it one of the most nuanced historical studies to appear on rescue in Germany, it is an essential read for historians of the topic in any national context."—Mark Roseman, Distinguished Professor of History, Pat M Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University"This is a rather remarkable book. It stands out from the hundreds of other books published every year on the Holocaust by focusing on a group of victims who have been somewhat neglected. There exists already some literature on hidden Jews in Berlin, but we have no study as detailed as this on another major German city like Munich. In terms of the critical analysis of all her sources and the existing literature, this study could stand as a model for undergraduate or graduate teaching. Beyond that, the searing stories of suffering, and the touching tales of assistance offered, make this a book that will appeal to a broader non-academic audience as well."—Geoffrey J. Giles, University of Florida"This extraordinarily careful exploration of a hitherto neglected aspect of German and Jewish history during World War II and the in the decades after the war will be of great interest to both scholars and those with a general interest Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the occupation period, and the development of the Federal Republic of German since 1949."—Gerhard L. Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsMapsIntroduction1. Under Nazi Rule: Jews in Munich, 1933–19412. The Deportations3. Early Escapes: Fall 1941–Summer 19424. The Conclusion of the Mass Deportations in 1943: A Second Wave of Escapes?5. Evading the Final Deportations in February 19456. Dangers and Failed Escapes, 1941–1945: Denunciation, Exploitation, Discovery, Illness7. Specific Groups of Helpers and Those They Helped: Hidden Children and Church Aid8. To and from Munich: Regional, National, and Transnational Escape Routes and Connections9. After 1945: Reconstruction or New Beginning?10. Postwar Encounters11. Compensation for Surviving U-Boats, Their Family Members, and Their Helpers12. U-Boats and Their Helpers in Postwar German SocietyConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this deeply-researched and original book, Sarah Cramsey shows how the redefinition of Jewish identity after the Holocaust was part of an ethnic revolution that transformed Eastern Europe's shattered moral and political landscape. This is an important contribution to the history of European Jews, the creation of postwar Eastern Europe, and the complex relationship between nationality and statehood."—James J. Sheehan, Stanford University"In this impressive and carefully argued book, Sarah Cramsey tackles some very large themes - territory and belonging, nationalism, diaspora, minority rights, the Jewish Question - and proposes the intriguing new formulation of 'empirical Zionism' to help untangle the complexities of the 'ethnic revolution' that took place in central and eastern Europe from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. In doing so, she deftly combines analysis of institutions, ideologies, politics and people, and opens up welcome new perspectives on familiar issues that remain of great interest to historians."—David Rechter, University of Oxford"Ninety percent of Polish Jews perished in the Holocaust, but some 300,000 Polish-Jewish survivors remained the fourth biggest group of the European diaspora. This book tells the fascinating history of their mass exodus in the postwar years and perceptively analyzes its peculiar factors, which had developed in the previous decade: from the recent Jewish traumas to considerations of Jewish, Czechoslovak and Polish leaders, to radical changes of ideas on belonging, minority rights and desirable shape of polities."—Dariusz Stola, Polish Academy of Sciences"This superbly narrated book is essential reading for anyone interested in diaspora and nation-building in modern times. Uprooting the Diaspora follows Jewish and non-Jewish politicians, diplomats, thinkers, and writers in their quest for ideas on how to "resolve the tensions" surrounding Jewish national and spatial belonging in 20th century Poland and Czechoslovakia. The book explores rootedness, diaspora, and Zionism in the tragic decade of 1936-1946 with empathy, insight, and originality. Powerfully argued and meticulously researched, it's intellectual history at its best!"—Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Rooted: A Contingent Look at Polish Jews in the Late 1930s2. In Exile: Debating Postwar Plans during an Uprooted Present, 1940–19433. Negating This Diaspora: The World Jewish Congress and the Prioritization of Postwar Life in Palestine, 1942–19444. Uncertain Citizenship: Anxious Postwar Returns to East Central Europe, 1945–19465. Uprooted: The "Miraculous" Remnant of Polish Jews Who Survived in the Soviet Union and Their Postwar MigrationsConclusion: The Postwar Life Is ElsewhereNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this deeply-researched and original book, Sarah Cramsey shows how the redefinition of Jewish identity after the Holocaust was part of an ethnic revolution that transformed Eastern Europe's shattered moral and political landscape. This is an important contribution to the history of European Jews, the creation of postwar Eastern Europe, and the complex relationship between nationality and statehood."—James J. Sheehan, Stanford University"In this impressive and carefully argued book, Sarah Cramsey tackles some very large themes - territory and belonging, nationalism, diaspora, minority rights, the Jewish Question - and proposes the intriguing new formulation of 'empirical Zionism' to help untangle the complexities of the 'ethnic revolution' that took place in central and eastern Europe from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. In doing so, she deftly combines analysis of institutions, ideologies, politics and people, and opens up welcome new perspectives on familiar issues that remain of great interest to historians."—David Rechter, University of Oxford"Ninety percent of Polish Jews perished in the Holocaust, but some 300,000 Polish-Jewish survivors remained the fourth biggest group of the European diaspora. This book tells the fascinating history of their mass exodus in the postwar years and perceptively analyzes its peculiar factors, which had developed in the previous decade: from the recent Jewish traumas to considerations of Jewish, Czechoslovak and Polish leaders, to radical changes of ideas on belonging, minority rights and desirable shape of polities."—Dariusz Stola, Polish Academy of Sciences"This superbly narrated book is essential reading for anyone interested in diaspora and nation-building in modern times. Uprooting the Diaspora follows Jewish and non-Jewish politicians, diplomats, thinkers, and writers in their quest for ideas on how to "resolve the tensions" surrounding Jewish national and spatial belonging in 20th century Poland and Czechoslovakia. The book explores rootedness, diaspora, and Zionism in the tragic decade of 1936-1946 with empathy, insight, and originality. Powerfully argued and meticulously researched, it's intellectual history at its best!"—Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Rooted: A Contingent Look at Polish Jews in the Late 1930s2. In Exile: Debating Postwar Plans during an Uprooted Present, 1940–19433. Negating This Diaspora: The World Jewish Congress and the Prioritization of Postwar Life in Palestine, 1942–19444. Uncertain Citizenship: Anxious Postwar Returns to East Central Europe, 1945–19465. Uprooted: The "Miraculous" Remnant of Polish Jews Who Survived in the Soviet Union and Their Postwar MigrationsConclusion: The Postwar Life Is ElsewhereNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The diary of Dr. Aharon Pick is a historical document of extraordinary importance. A talented physician and intellectual who was steeped in Jewish culture documented the events pertaining to the Jews in the city of Šiauliai during the Holocaust, from the Soviet regime through the ghetto years under Nazi German occupation. Pick meticulously chronicled and analyzed the events, enlightening his "future readers" with profound insights into human nature and the essence of humanity exposed in what he termed the "Valley of Slaughter." The diary sheds light on numerous aspects of Holocaust research: the history of medicine in extreme situations, the Jewish society's reaction pattern to gradual destruction, ethical dilemmas, philosophical reflections on the unique nature of the Holocaust, and more. Pick's first-person testimony of coping with the Germans' decrees to murder fetuses in their mothers' wombs is singularly powerful, making the diary essential reading."—Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College"In this important account — part memoir, part diary — of Jewish life under Bolshevik and then Nazi occupation in Siauliai, Lithuania, the English-language reader gains access for the first time to the observations and reflections of Aharon Pick, a medical doctor active in Jewish communal affairs and politics. Pick wrote with a journalist's flair for an important story and a humanist's care for the individual. His searing record offers scholars fresh insights into Jews' experience of the Holocaust in Lithuania and will be suitable for classroom use as well."—Alexandra Garbarini, Charles R. Keller Professor of History, Williams College"Dr. Aharon Pick's memoir and diary open a new window into the wartime history of Šiauliai, the site of one of Eastern Europe's lesser-known ghettos. Superbly edited and introduced by Gabriel Laufer and Andrew Cassel, this deeply personal account, suffused with a spirit of intense anguish, forces us to confront the day-to-day reality of the persecution and death which the Nazis and local collaborators inflicted on one of Lithuania's oldest and most prosperous Jewish communities."—Saulius Sužiedėlis, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsRetrieving a Voice from the GhettoNotes on the TextPart A1. Before the Bolsheviks' Arrival (A Preface)2. The Blosheviks in Lithuania3. My Son's Admission to the Lithuanian University4. On the Eve of War5. The Start of the War6. The Germans Enter ŠiauliaiPart B7. Afflictions8. The EdictsPart C9. The Rules of the GhettoPart D10. From My DiaryNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The diary of Dr. Aharon Pick is a historical document of extraordinary importance. A talented physician and intellectual who was steeped in Jewish culture documented the events pertaining to the Jews in the city of Šiauliai during the Holocaust, from the Soviet regime through the ghetto years under Nazi German occupation. Pick meticulously chronicled and analyzed the events, enlightening his "future readers" with profound insights into human nature and the essence of humanity exposed in what he termed the "Valley of Slaughter." The diary sheds light on numerous aspects of Holocaust research: the history of medicine in extreme situations, the Jewish society's reaction pattern to gradual destruction, ethical dilemmas, philosophical reflections on the unique nature of the Holocaust, and more. Pick's first-person testimony of coping with the Germans' decrees to murder fetuses in their mothers' wombs is singularly powerful, making the diary essential reading."—Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College"In this important account — part memoir, part diary — of Jewish life under Bolshevik and then Nazi occupation in Siauliai, Lithuania, the English-language reader gains access for the first time to the observations and reflections of Aharon Pick, a medical doctor active in Jewish communal affairs and politics. Pick wrote with a journalist's flair for an important story and a humanist's care for the individual. His searing record offers scholars fresh insights into Jews' experience of the Holocaust in Lithuania and will be suitable for classroom use as well."—Alexandra Garbarini, Charles R. Keller Professor of History, Williams College"Dr. Aharon Pick's memoir and diary open a new window into the wartime history of Šiauliai, the site of one of Eastern Europe's lesser-known ghettos. Superbly edited and introduced by Gabriel Laufer and Andrew Cassel, this deeply personal account, suffused with a spirit of intense anguish, forces us to confront the day-to-day reality of the persecution and death which the Nazis and local collaborators inflicted on one of Lithuania's oldest and most prosperous Jewish communities."—Saulius Sužiedėlis, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsRetrieving a Voice from the GhettoNotes on the TextPart A1. Before the Bolsheviks' Arrival (A Preface)2. The Blosheviks in Lithuania3. My Son's Admission to the Lithuanian University4. On the Eve of War5. The Start of the War6. The Germans Enter ŠiauliaiPart B7. Afflictions8. The EdictsPart C9. The Rules of the GhettoPart D10. From My DiaryNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMoshe's Children presents the inspiring story of Moshe Zeiri, a Jewish carpenter responsible for rescuing hundreds of Jewish refugee children who had survived the Final Solution. During the liberation of Italy, Zeiri, a volunteer in the British Army in Italy, assumed responsibility for and vowed to help around seven hundred Polish, Hungarian, Russian, and Romanian children. Although these orphans of the Shoah had been deprived of a family, a home, and a language and were irreparably robbed of their past, they were able to rebuild their lives through Zeiri's efforts as he founded the largest Jewish orphanage in postwar Europe in Selvino, Italy, where he began to rehabilitate the orphans and to teach them how to become citizens of the new nation of Israel. Moshe's Children also explores Zeiri's own story from birth in a shtetl to his upbringing and Zionist education, his journey to the Land of Israel, and his work there before the war. With narrative verve and scholarly acumen, Sergio Trade Review"Sergio Luzzatto has unearthed a moving story and is telling it masterfully: how after 1945 some 700 young children who survived the Holocaust found refuge in northern Italy and ultimately emigrated to Israel. It is a dramatic story, beautifully and importantly told!"—Alon Confino, author of A World Without Jews"Moshe's Children is a charming work. Written by an Italian scholar and now wonderfully translated into English, it tells the story of a children's house established by a a Polish volunteer in the British Army in Italy that served to offer a haven to orphans of the Holocaust, to rehabilitate them and prepare them for a life in Palestine, which after 1948 became Israel. Moshe's Children presents Zionism in a manner virtually unseen today, as the hope for the transformation of the Jewish people and the role that Zionism played in the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors."—Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish UniversityTable of ContentsMain CharactersAcknowledgmentsMapsThe Black Box1. Far from Where2. Yehudit3. Close to Where4. Anabasis5. The Drowned and the Saved6. The House of Mussolini7. A Republic of Orphans8. Life after Death9. Kibbutz Selvino?10. In Israel's Waters11. The Road to Jerusalem12. If You SurviveGlossaryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisMoshe's Children presents the inspiring story of Moshe Zeiri, a Jewish carpenter responsible for rescuing hundreds of Jewish refugee children who had survived the Final Solution. During the liberation of Italy, Zeiri, a volunteer in the British Army in Italy, assumed responsibility for and vowed to help around seven hundred Polish, Hungarian, Russian, and Romanian children. Although these orphans of the Shoah had been deprived of a family, a home, and a language and were irreparably robbed of their past, they were able to rebuild their lives through Zeiri's efforts as he founded the largest Jewish orphanage in postwar Europe in Selvino, Italy, where he began to rehabilitate the orphans and to teach them how to become citizens of the new nation of Israel. Moshe's Children also explores Zeiri's own story from birth in a shtetl to his upbringing and Zionist education, his journey to the Land of Israel, and his work there before the war. With narrative verve and scholarly acumen, Sergio Trade Review"Sergio Luzzatto has unearthed a moving story and is telling it masterfully: how after 1945 some 700 young children who survived the Holocaust found refuge in northern Italy and ultimately emigrated to Israel. It is a dramatic story, beautifully and importantly told!"—Alon Confino, author of A World Without Jews"Moshe's Children is a charming work. Written by an Italian scholar and now wonderfully translated into English, it tells the story of a children's house established by a a Polish volunteer in the British Army in Italy that served to offer a haven to orphans of the Holocaust, to rehabilitate them and prepare them for a life in Palestine, which after 1948 became Israel. Moshe's Children presents Zionism in a manner virtually unseen today, as the hope for the transformation of the Jewish people and the role that Zionism played in the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors."—Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish UniversityTable of ContentsMain CharactersAcknowledgmentsMapsThe Black Box1. Far from Where2. Yehudit3. Close to Where4. Anabasis5. The Drowned and the Saved6. The House of Mussolini7. A Republic of Orphans8. Life after Death9. Kibbutz Selvino?10. In Israel's Waters11. The Road to Jerusalem12. If You SurviveGlossaryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anna Koch has written a fascinating and differentiated account of the German and Italian Jews who returned to their homelands after World War Two. Closely based on memoirs and archival documentation, Home after Fascism lucidly explores how German and Italian Jews had to redefine notions of home in order to find a place in the countries which had persecuted them."—Bill Niven, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University"At once expansive and intimate, Home After Fascism provides a meticulously researched history of the difficulties Jews faced as they tried to recreate their lives immediately after the Holocaust in the very countries that persecuted them. Grounding the study within the distinct memory cultures of Italy, East Germany, and West Germany, Anna Koch's brilliant book is a must read, interrogating how fresh memories of murder and betrayal clashed with individuals' sense of attachment to a language, a place, and a homeland."—Marion Kaplan, author Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal"What is the meaning of home for people whose homes have been violently destroyed? Using a wealth of primary sources including letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral testimonies, Anna Koch draws on cutting-edge research in memory studies and the history of emotions to bring to life in vivid detail how German and Italian Jews renegotiated the meaning of 'home' in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Carefully researched and brilliantly argued, Home After Fascism is an important and compelling work."—Emiliano Perra, author of Conflicts of Memory: The Reception of Holocaust FilmsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Returning Home?2. Entangled Memories3. Reclaiming Home4. BelongingConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anna Koch has written a fascinating and differentiated account of the German and Italian Jews who returned to their homelands after World War Two. Closely based on memoirs and archival documentation, Home after Fascism lucidly explores how German and Italian Jews had to redefine notions of home in order to find a place in the countries which had persecuted them."—Bill Niven, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University"At once expansive and intimate, Home After Fascism provides a meticulously researched history of the difficulties Jews faced as they tried to recreate their lives immediately after the Holocaust in the very countries that persecuted them. Grounding the study within the distinct memory cultures of Italy, East Germany, and West Germany, Anna Koch's brilliant book is a must read, interrogating how fresh memories of murder and betrayal clashed with individuals' sense of attachment to a language, a place, and a homeland."—Marion Kaplan, author Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal"What is the meaning of home for people whose homes have been violently destroyed? Using a wealth of primary sources including letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral testimonies, Anna Koch draws on cutting-edge research in memory studies and the history of emotions to bring to life in vivid detail how German and Italian Jews renegotiated the meaning of 'home' in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Carefully researched and brilliantly argued, Home After Fascism is an important and compelling work."—Emiliano Perra, author of Conflicts of Memory: The Reception of Holocaust FilmsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Returning Home?2. Entangled Memories3. Reclaiming Home4. BelongingConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a world of AI and fake news, it is refreshing to come across two sophisticated scholars who still remember that they are studying real people. They successfully brought together in one volume expert academic analyses of small-town (shtetl) life written by some of the best researchers from Eastern Europe together with a collection of exceptional primary sources. There is nothing like it. The Belarusian Shtetl is hard to put down and it is impossible to stop thinking about it."—Shaul Stampfer, Sandrow Professor of Soviet and East European Jewish History (emeritus), Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Geographical Names, Transliteration and MapsMapsIntroduction, by Samuel D. Kassow, Irina Kopchenova, and Mikhail KrutikovHistory, Folklore, Ethnography1. Between Mestechko and Shtetl: Ethnicity and Religion in Belarusian Small Towns, 1800s–1930s, by Ina Sorkina2. The Soviet Belarusian Shtetl: Between Tradition and Modernization in the 1920s and 1930s, by Arkadi Zeltser3. Days of Remembrance for Jews of the Russo-Belarusian Borderlands, by Svetlana Amosova4. Why Hitler Didn't Like the Jews: The Folklore Version of the Reasons Behind the Holocaust, by Andrei B. MorozHlybokaye: Memories of the Shtetl5. The Death of the Shtetl of Hlybokaye through the Eyes of Its Teenagers, by Julia Bernstein6. A Family between the Ghetto and Red Army Partisans: Two Holocaust Testimonies from Hlybokaye, by Julia Bernstein7. Daily Life in the Hlybokaye Ghetto: Photographs from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, by Irina Kopchenova8. Memory on Demand: The Jewish Past in Today's Hlybokaye, by Mikhail Lurie and Natalia SavinaAppendixThe Shtetl of Zhaludok: A Memoir, by Miron MordukhvichIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a world of AI and fake news, it is refreshing to come across two sophisticated scholars who still remember that they are studying real people. They successfully brought together in one volume expert academic analyses of small-town (shtetl) life written by some of the best researchers from Eastern Europe together with a collection of exceptional primary sources. There is nothing like it. The Belarusian Shtetl is hard to put down and it is impossible to stop thinking about it."—Shaul Stampfer, Sandrow Professor of Soviet and East European Jewish History (emeritus), Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Geographical Names, Transliteration and MapsMapsIntroduction, by Samuel D. Kassow, Irina Kopchenova, and Mikhail KrutikovHistory, Folklore, Ethnography1. Between Mestechko and Shtetl: Ethnicity and Religion in Belarusian Small Towns, 1800s–1930s, by Ina Sorkina2. The Soviet Belarusian Shtetl: Between Tradition and Modernization in the 1920s and 1930s, by Arkadi Zeltser3. Days of Remembrance for Jews of the Russo-Belarusian Borderlands, by Svetlana Amosova4. Why Hitler Didn't Like the Jews: The Folklore Version of the Reasons Behind the Holocaust, by Andrei B. MorozHlybokaye: Memories of the Shtetl5. The Death of the Shtetl of Hlybokaye through the Eyes of Its Teenagers, by Julia Bernstein6. A Family between the Ghetto and Red Army Partisans: Two Holocaust Testimonies from Hlybokaye, by Julia Bernstein7. Daily Life in the Hlybokaye Ghetto: Photographs from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, by Irina Kopchenova8. Memory on Demand: The Jewish Past in Today's Hlybokaye, by Mikhail Lurie and Natalia SavinaAppendixThe Shtetl of Zhaludok: A Memoir, by Miron MordukhvichIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Given its focus on the Warsaw ghetto, Violent Space builds on a number of existing works in important ways through its focus on the topography of the ghetto and the spatial practices of ghetto inhabitants. As the author notes, the destruction of the ghetto means that these places and spaces are no longer present in the contemporary city and the author follows Engelking and Leociak in excavating them and bringing them to life. Here the book will appeal to the general reader given the importance of the Warsaw ghetto within the story of the Holocaust. But Violent Space does more than focus on Warsaw alone and so will be of wider interest to scholars of ghettos and the nascent field of Holocaust geographies, environmental histories of the Holocaust and genocide space."—Tim Cole, author of Holocaust Landscapes"This is an excellent book. It is well-written, clear, original, and relevant. The author never fails, when discussing these experiences, to frame the conversation around the concept of space, with pertinent examples and quite deep reflections on the personal geographies and stories of the witnesses."—Alberto Giordano, editor of Geographies of the Holocaust"Anja Nowak's Violent Space marks the advent of mature spatial scholarship on the Holocaust. This astonishingly insightful book is infused with Nowak's profound understanding of Nazi spatial theory and practice and how their violent implementation in the Warsaw ghetto created extreme, constantly changing spaces of human suffering. Nowak's lucid prose makes every chapter coherent and powerful, while building a sustained interpretation of ghettoized space as violence, and violence as a flood of spatial acts. Violent Space is spatial history at its very best: deeply geographical, seeking at every turn to determine how spatial ideas became specific actions that affected Jews' lives. A brilliant contribution to Holocaust studies that spatial scholars across the humanities should read."—Anne Kelly Knowles, University of MaineTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: How We Got Here...Part I: LocalizationIntroduction: Localization1. Spatial Violence2. Mapping the Ghetto3. The Archive4. Streets and BuildingsPart II: The Making of a Violent SpaceIntroduction: The Making of a Violent Space5. Jews in Pre-War Warsaw6. Creation of the Ghetto7. Dissolution of the Ghetto8. Contested SpacePart III: Experiences of a Violent SpaceIntroduction: Experiences of a Violent Space9. Destruction10. Decreed Space11. Buildings12. Lost Homes13. Violated Homes14. Overcrowding15. Life and Death16. News17. Communication18. Orientation19. Topography of Violence20. Public Violence21. Sound of the Ghetto22. Deserted Apartments23. Death Space24. Spaces of ResistancePart V: Conclusion25. Violent SpaceAppendixWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Given its focus on the Warsaw ghetto, Violent Space builds on a number of existing works in important ways through its focus on the topography of the ghetto and the spatial practices of ghetto inhabitants. As the author notes, the destruction of the ghetto means that these places and spaces are no longer present in the contemporary city and the author follows Engelking and Leociak in excavating them and bringing them to life. Here the book will appeal to the general reader given the importance of the Warsaw ghetto within the story of the Holocaust. But Violent Space does more than focus on Warsaw alone and so will be of wider interest to scholars of ghettos and the nascent field of Holocaust geographies, environmental histories of the Holocaust and genocide space."—Tim Cole, author of Holocaust Landscapes"This is an excellent book. It is well-written, clear, original, and relevant. The author never fails, when discussing these experiences, to frame the conversation around the concept of space, with pertinent examples and quite deep reflections on the personal geographies and stories of the witnesses."—Alberto Giordano, editor of Geographies of the Holocaust"Anja Nowak's Violent Space marks the advent of mature spatial scholarship on the Holocaust. This astonishingly insightful book is infused with Nowak's profound understanding of Nazi spatial theory and practice and how their violent implementation in the Warsaw ghetto created extreme, constantly changing spaces of human suffering. Nowak's lucid prose makes every chapter coherent and powerful, while building a sustained interpretation of ghettoized space as violence, and violence as a flood of spatial acts. Violent Space is spatial history at its very best: deeply geographical, seeking at every turn to determine how spatial ideas became specific actions that affected Jews' lives. A brilliant contribution to Holocaust studies that spatial scholars across the humanities should read."—Anne Kelly Knowles, University of MaineTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: How We Got Here...Part I: LocalizationIntroduction: Localization1. Spatial Violence2. Mapping the Ghetto3. The Archive4. Streets and BuildingsPart II: The Making of a Violent SpaceIntroduction: The Making of a Violent Space5. Jews in Pre-War Warsaw6. Creation of the Ghetto7. Dissolution of the Ghetto8. Contested SpacePart III: Experiences of a Violent SpaceIntroduction: Experiences of a Violent Space9. Destruction10. Decreed Space11. Buildings12. Lost Homes13. Violated Homes14. Overcrowding15. Life and Death16. News17. Communication18. Orientation19. Topography of Violence20. Public Violence21. Sound of the Ghetto22. Deserted Apartments23. Death Space24. Spaces of ResistancePart V: Conclusion25. Violent SpaceAppendixWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThe passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. This title demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration.Trade Review"This comprehensive collection of essays on art and the Holocaust... [is] a valuable volume." -Jewish Book WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction Shelley Hornstein and Florence JacobowitzPART ONE: COMMEMORATION AND SITES OF MOURNING1. Shoah as Cinema Florence Jacobowitz2. Second-Sight: Shimon Attie's Recollection Berel Lang3. Rituals of Mourning and Mimesis: Arie A. Galles's Fourteen Stations Andrea Liss4. Trauma Daniel Libeskind5. Memory, Counter-memory, and the End of the Monument James YoungPART TWO: PERSONAL RESPONSES AND FAMILIAL LEGACIES6. Material Memory: Holocaust Testimony in Post-Holocaust Art Marianne Hirsch and Susan Rubin Suleiman7. Caught by Images: Visual Imprints in Holocaust Testimonies Ernst Van Alphen8. Gays and the Holocaust: Two Documentaries Robin Wood9. War Stories: Witnessing in Retrospect Marianne Hirsch and Leo SpitzerPART THREE: MEMENTO MORI: ATROCITY AND AESTHETICS10. The Iconic and the Allusive: The Case for Beauty in Post-Holocaust Art Janet Wolff11. Burnt Books and Absent Meaning: Morris Louis' Charred Journal: Firewritten Series and the Holocaust Mark Godfrey12. Emblems of Atrocity: Holocaust Liberation Photographs Carol Zemel13. The Uses and Abuses of Photography in Holocaust-Related Art Monica Bohm-DuchenPART FOUR: NATIONAL EXPRESSIONS OF REMEMBRANCE14. The Jewish Museum, Vienna: A Holographic Paradigm for History and the Holocaust Reesa Greenberg15. Memory Block: Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna Rebecca Comay16. Turning the Places of Holocaust History into Places of Holocaust Memory: Holocaust Memorials in Budapest, Hungary 1945-1995 Tim Cole17. Berlin Elegies: Absence, Postmemory, and Art after Auschwitz Leslie Morris18. Invisible Topographies: Looking for the Mémorial de la Déportation in Paris Shelley HornsteinContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDescribes and explains the tragedy that befell the Jews imprisoned in the first major ghetto imposed by the Germans. This book reconstructs the organization of the ghetto and discusses its provisioning, forced labor, diseases and mortality, crime and deportations, living conditions, political, social, and cultural life and resistance.Trade ReviewA monumental work. * Financial Times *Trunk's essential volume provides invaluable material for yet more objective 'appreciations' of the terrible plight of the Jewish leaderships and inhabitants in the 'ghettos for Jews' set up by the Nazi authorities in the East. Vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011 * Slavonic and East European Review *This translation . . . makes available an invaluable resource for English-language readers. . . . The book is handsomely produced and, in addition to 141 original documents (in translation), an extraordinarily detailed index, and period photographs, contains informative essays by translator-editor Shapiro and two renowned Holocaust scholars, the late Joseph Kermish and Israel Gutman. An indispensable tool for Holocaust research. . . . Essential. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsList of Major Tables, Charts, and MapsList of AbbreviationsTranslator-Editor's Introduction Robert Moses ShapiroIsaiah Trunk Joseph KermishIntroduction: The Distinctiveness of the Lódz Ghetto Israel GutmanForeword Jacob RobinsonAuthor's Preface Isaiah TrunkI. Establishment of the Ghetto Documents 1–23II. Organization of the Ghetto Documents 26–64III. Provisioning Documents 65–83IV. Forced Labor Documents 84–95V. Diseases and MortalityVI. Persecutions, Murder, and Deportations Documents 96–112VII. Internal Conditions Documents 113–141VIII. The Problem of ResistanceIX. Conclusions and SummationsDocuments Arranged by ChapterStreet Names in Lódz GhettoBibliographyIndexes Names of German Officials and Business Firms Places Subjects

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Book SynopsisRemembrance of a once-thriving Jewish culture in SlovakiaTrade ReviewThis slim catalog of the recent exhibit by award-winning photographer Yuri Dojc gives the reader a new viewpoint of the indescribable loss of the Holocaust. The accompanying text describing the journey that produced these pictures is well written and concise. * AJL Reviews *Each picture not only grabs your attention because of the technique and chilling content, but also because of the raw emotion of the images, themselves beautiful objects. Dojc's work reminds us of a once vibrant community now lost.July 17, 2011 * Bloomington Herald-Times *[This book] is visually stunning and verbally bold. * Canadian Jewish News *Dojc's images beautifully commemorate the history of the Jewish people and culture of slovakia. . . . The texts by Katya Krausova, Azar Nafisi, and Lufia Faltin provide meaningful context, and the subject matter is treated with deep respect and sensitivity. * www.photolife.com *Table of ContentsContentsForewordAcknowledgments and SponsorsPhotographic Memory David G. MarwellThe Journey Katya KrausovaMap of SlovakiaAll That Remain Azar NafisiPlatesLast Folio: In the Context of History and Memory Lucia FaltinSurvivorsJews in Slovakia: A ChronologyBiographies

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Book SynopsisHow does one explain America's failure to take bold action to resist the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews?Trade Review" ... an exhaustively documented and important book ..." Philadelphia Inquirer "This is an unusually thoughtful and balanced treatment of a controversial subject. Based on very extensive archival research, this will be from here on the first book those interested in the subject should read." Gerhard Weinberg "Informative, even-tempered and dispassionate ... this comprehensive study of a controversial subject makes for indispensable reading." Dimensions " ... stands as the most readable of the growing literature on America's response to the Holocaust." History " ... important, finely calibrated study ..." Journal of American History "It is a masterful study, and one which future students of American policy during the Holocaust years will have to consult." Midstream " ... perceptive and penetrating ... an excellent analysis of the bureaucratic priorities of policy makers in Washington and officials abroad in handling the refugees issue between 1933-1945." Journal of Refugee Studies " ... the author's novel approach to familiar material makes this a valuable contribution in attempting to understand what happens when humanitarian concerns and national interests collide." American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPREFACE INTRODUCTION ONE: The Labor DepartmentOs Initiative TWO: Guardians of Visa Policy THREE: A Window of Opportunity? FOUR: Refugees and American Jewry FIVE: The Fifth Column Threat SIX: Breckinridge Long and the Jewish Refugees SEVEN: A Message to Rabbi Wise EIGHT: War Propaganda and the Jews NINE: On a Broad Humanitarian Basis TEN: The War Refugee Board in Europe ELEVEN: Roosevelt and the Refugees in the 1930s TWELVE: Roosevelt and the Holocaust NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX

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Book SynopsisDescribes the perpetration of the Holocaust in the USSR and probes the political and social consequences of the mass destruction of Soviet Jews.Table of Contents1. Soviet Jewry Before the Holocaust Zvi Gitelman2. Politics and the Historiography of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union Zvi Gitelman3. The Holocaust and Ukrainian Jews Shmuel Spector4. The Ukrainian Population and the Nazi Genocide of the Jews M. I. Koval5. Metropolitan Andrei Sheptyts'kyi and the Complexities of Ukrainian-Jewish Relations Shimon Redlich6. Antisemitism in Ukraine toward the End of the Second World War Mordechai Altshuler7. From White Terror to Holocaust in Lithuania: Nazi Policy towards the Jews in the Reichskommissariat Ostland, June-December 1941 Michael MacQueen8. "Inventing" the Holocaust for Latvia: New Research Hans-Heinrich Wilhelm9. Jewish Refugees from Poland in the USSR, 1939-1946 Yosef Litvak10. Jewish Warfare and the Participation of Jews in Combat in the Soviet Union: Soviet and Western Historiography Mordechai Altshuler11. Jewish-Lithuanian Relations during World War II: History and Rhetoric Sara Shner-Neshamit12. Lithuanian-Jewish Relations in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Some Recent Lithuanian Discussions Introduced and annotated by Sima Ycikas13. The Holocaust and the Armed Struggle in Belorussia as Reflected in Soviet Literature and Works by Emigres in the West Shalom Cholawski14. Soviet Jews under Nazi Occupation in Northeastern Belarus and Northern Russia Daniel RomanovskyDocuments15. German Orders16. Implementation17. Eyewitness Accounts18. Rescue19. Collaboration and Resistance20. Antisemitic Legacy of the HolocaustIndex

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Book SynopsisAn account of the controversial actions of Pius XII, the man whom some have called "Hitler's Pope", and the Vatican during Europe's darkest years.Trade ReviewPhayer's text reads like a riveting suspense novel—filled with intrigue, conspiracy, and money laundering. . . . The so-called Pius Wars will not end with this book, but Phayer makes a welcome addition to the debate. . . . Recommended. * Choice *This is an impressive study, which uses the new documentation in a judicious manner to develop credible reinterpretations of papal policy during the war and after. . . . The book makes a particularly valuable and original contribution . . . March 2009 * The International History Review *The new material that Phayer has brought to light from the National Archives offers a useful contribution to our understanding of the controversial relationship between the Vatican and the perpetrators of the Holocaust, expecially in the postwar period. April 2009 * American Historical Review *Michael Phayer has made excellent use of newly released archival material in his study of Pope Pius XII. May 2009 * German Studies Review *Unlike several passionate recent studies of Pius XII . . . Phayer makes every effort at scholarly restraint and caution. But, in the end, his careful effort produces powerful evidence that will likely add significantly to the controversy surrounding the pope . . . Certainly anyone interested in this fascinating, important, and disturbing topic must read this book.Volume 43, 2010 * Central European History *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Eugenio Pacelli: 1900 to 19422. The Genocides of Polish Catholics and Polish Jews3. Pius XII's 1942 Christmas Message: Genocide Decried4. 1943: Pius XII Reverses Course5. Papal Capitalism during World War II6. The First Cold War Warrior7. The Origin of the Vatican Ratlines8. Bishop Hudal's Ratline9. Looted Gold and the Vatican10. Ante Pavelic: War Criminal, Murderer, and Defender of the Faith11. The Biggest Ratline12. An Obsession with CommunismNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTraces the widespread acceptance of Nazi policies requiring German individuals to prove their Aryan ancestry to the popularity of ideas about eugenics and racial science that were advanced in the late Imperial and Weimar periods by practitioners of genealogy and eugenics.Trade ReviewThoroughly researched and vigorously argued, this study seeks to explain how the National Socialist regime institutionalized its racial ideology, why it met with virtually no opposition, and how this contributed to genocide. Attorney Ehrenreich shows that, as with many other developments, 1933 was not the absolute watershed scholars usually assume it to have been. Tracing the history of genealogical practices, eugenics, and "scientific" racism from the imperial era (1871-1918) into the Weimar years (1919-33), the author reasons that Germans had become thoroughly accustomed to these discourses. Notwithstanding their scientific worthlessness, the Nazi version of these theories met with no meaningful resistance, as millions upon millions of Germans complied with the regime's demands regarding the racial purity of their ancestors. Compliance may have rested on a "combination of perceived benefits" rather than enthusiasm for the ideology, but whatever the basis for public acceptance, it allowed the Nazis to implement thousands of racial laws with virtually no opposition from either institutions or individuals. Whole new branches of commerce emerged to service a new public need—providing the proof that one was untainted by "Jewish blood." Ordinary Germans thus helped identify and isolate Jews, steps that led to their extermination. An important book, accessible to general readers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. -- R. S. Levy * Choice *Eric Ehrenreich traces the widespread acceptance of Nazi policies requiring German individuals to prove their Aryan ancestry to the popularity of ideas about eugenics and racial science that were advanced in the late Imperial and Weimar periods by practitioners of genealogy and eugenics. This is a detailed study of the operation of the ancestral proof in the Third Reich and the link between Nazi racism and earlier German genealogical practices. The widespread acceptance of this racist ideology by ordinary Germans helped create the conditions for the Final Solution. -- Joseph Haberer * SHOFAR *The ancestral proof ... formed the bedrock of the regime's racial policies ... It is ... surprising that this issue has not received more scholarly attention, and Ehrenreich has made an interesting and valuable contribution by elucidating it.Vol. 42 2009 -- Lars Fischer * University College London *In this important study, Eric Ehrenreich demonstrates how genealogical studies and racist eugenics converged to help institutionalize racism in Nazi society.2008 -- Richard Weikart * GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW *. . . Washington-based lawyer Eric Ehrenreich has produced the most exhaustive study available on the way in which 19th- and early 20th-century German pseudo science and its Nazi successors carried out a war against non Aryans, particularly Jews.April 15, 2009 -- Arnold Ages * National Jewish Post and Opinion (KY ed.) *Peter Fritsche calls Ehrenreich's book 'an excellent contribution to our understanding of racism in the Third Reich' ... Richard Weikart, [on the other hand,] while praising Ehrenreich's explication of [the] Nazi 'ancestral proof,' ... rejects his argument that scientific racism ligitimated but did not lead to the Holocaust. That two reviewers can provide such markedly different assessments of the book suggests that something interesting is going on. And indeed, whether one agrees with Eherenreich or not, his book is worth reading.2009 -- Dan Stone * Journal of Genocide Research *. . . each contribution builds either explicitly or implicitly on the shared working assumption that conventional distinctions between (religious) anti-Judaism and (racialist) antisemitism may conceal as much as they reveal. Traditional anti-Judaism, these scholars agree, both framed and exploited politically instrumentalized forms of cultural and racial antisemitism, reflecting a 'Christian failure to understand and acknowledge Judaism on its own terms' . . . .Vol. 23. 1 Spring 2009 -- David J. Diephouse * Calvin College *Ehrenreich's book is an extremely well-argued, insightful exposition of the institutionalization of racism in everyday life during the Third Reich.2008 -- Peter Fritzsche * H-German *[P]rovides interesting insights into the institutionalization of racism in Nazi society. 28.4 2010 * German History *Ehrenreich's book carefully and clearly enumerates scientific racism's fallacies of logic. . . . [His book shows that] although racist eugenics was less logically coherent than hereditary health eugenics, greater numbers of 'racially acceptable' Germans appear to have been willing to accept racist eugenic doctrine in order to come to terms with their own failure to act in the face of their neighbors' suffering. In other words, Ehrenreich concludes. . . . racial antisemitism was an indicator of what people sincerely hoped to be true. I find this thesis both terrifying and plausible. . . . [The] book is an extremely well-argued, insightful exposition of the institutionalization of racism in everyday life during the Third Reich. -- H-GermanEhrenreich tells a fascinating story, and his book is a model of patient research and meticulous archival investigation. . . . a major contribution to the intellectual and social history of Nazism.Vol. 114.4 October 2009 -- DANIEL GASMAN * John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York *Thoroughly researched and vigorously argued, this study seeks to explain how the National Socialist regime institutionalized its racial ideology, why it met with virtually no opposition, and how this contributed to genocide. . . . An important book, accessible to general readers. . . . Highly recommended.November 2008 -- R. S. Levy * University of Illinois at Chicago *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. Racial Science2. The Origins of Racist Eugenics in Imperial Germany3. The Spread of Racist Eugenics in Weimar4. Making the Ancestral Proof in Nazi Germany5. The Reich Genealogical Authority and Its Tasks6. The Reich Genealogical Authority and the Ancestral Proof7. Three Beneficiaries of the Ancestral Proof8. Other Means of Generating Acceptance of Racism9. Racial Scientific Ideology and the HolocaustConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis work argues that the American-born Aloisius Muench helped shape the Catholic Church's rejection of guilt for the persecution of Jews under the NazisTrade Review"In this revealing study, Suzanne Brown-Fleming takes us back to a post–World War II Catholic world that had yet to come to terms with either Nazism or the Holocaust. One of the leading Catholic clerics in postwar Europe, Cardinal Aloisius Muench both reflected and helped promote German Catholic failures in this regard. Anchored in Cardinal Muench's private papers, this book conducts a fair-minded, but rigorous and morally animated assessment of a Catholic conscience that was later transformed by Vatican II. I recommend it highly." —Michael R. Marrus, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto"This is an excellent book that will be of great interest to all historians in the fields of church history, Christian-Jewish relations, and American Catholicism." —Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College"Brown-Fleming argues quite effectively that attitudes such as these espoused by Muench and so many others in the Catholic hierarchy gave rise to a culture in which German Catholics could deny involvement in Nazi criminality, thus providing fertile ground for Catholic denial. Brown-Fleming has provided historians with a thoughtful reminder that leaders of the American church shared in the shaping of post-World War II German Catholic memory." —H-GERMAN Digest"Suzanne Brown-Fleming's short study of the post-1945 career in Germany of Bishop, later Cardinal, Aloisius Muench seeks to rectify some shortcomings she finds in F. Colman Barry's biography written in the 1960s. . . In her view, Muench, as the Vatican's leading representative in Germany from 1946 to 1959, contributed to the lack of self-examination and the perpetuation of anti-Semitic prejudices among German Catholics. In this way, he was emblematic of the Catholic Church's failure in this period to confront its own complicity in Nazism's anti-Jewish ideology." —The Catholic Historical Review"Suzanne Brown-Fleming has made a critical contribution to the growing research on the question of the Roman Catholic Church's policies and actions with regard to the Holocaust during World War II. . . Through the author's socio-historical, contextual analysis of these documents, the reader is brought into this shocking narrative of German Catholicism's post-war discourse on the issue of Germany's and the Church's own guilt and/or responsibility for the antisemitic horror inflicted on European Jews throughout the war." —Shofar “In a concise and clearly written book that will surely arouse polarizing responses, [Brown-Flemming] argues that the American-born Aloisius Muench helped shape the Catholic Church's rejection of guilt for the persecution of Jews under the Nazis. . . . She convincingly shows that Muench worked much more rigorously on behalf of the defeated Germans than for their victims.” —Central European History “The import of this book is not only its critical historical analysis of the legitimizing, self-preserving, and anti-Semitic 'conscience' of the Roman Catholic Church in the immediate aftermath of World War II and the increasing world-wide awareness of the Holocaust horror. Through a critical reading of the text, it also forewarns of an all too similar contemporary trend developing now on a global scale in the form of the U.S.-led neo-conservative notion of a 'clash of civilizations.'” —Shofar“Brown-Flemming's work deepens our understanding of how Catholics coped in the postwar period, as anti-Semitism not only lingered, but also continued to shape Catholic responses to the past.” —Holocaust and Genocide Studies“This book draws on Muench's papers and offers the first assessment of his legacy. It 'argues that Muench legitimized the Catholic Church's failure during this period to confront the nature of its own complicity in Nazism's anti-Jewish ideology.'” —Theology Digest“Brown-Fleming paints a portrait of Cardinal Muench as a man who did not want to face the reality of Nazism. According to her account, Muench portrayed almost all Germans either as victims, both of the Nazis and of the Occupation forces, or as heroes who had resisted the Nazis. Certainly, Muench did nothing to lead Catholic self-examination of the Church’s role during the Holocaust. Rather, he defended Germans against any attribution of collective guilt.” —Human Rights and Human Welfare: An International Review of Books and Other Publications

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Book SynopsisThis book is Peter F. Dembowski’s memoir of his time as a Polish soldier, serving as a narrative of life before, during, and after World War II. Trade Review"Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After is a powerful portrait of Polish life in the late 1930s and 1940s, told beautifully through the lens of Peter F. Dembowski's heroic family. Dembowski recounts the adventures of his brave and ethical family members during the Depression, as members of the konspiracja, as well as his mother's and sister's executions in Ravensbrück. The author provides a riveting account of his own heroism during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and his incarceration in Stalag XB near Sandbostel, as well as his life in the United States after the war. The book describes the patriotism of Poles during a very difficult era. Dembowski's book is an excellent choice for readers who want to learn more about Polish life, patriotism, and history during the Second World War." —Eric Sterling, Distinguished Research Professor of English, Auburn University at Montgomery“Peter F. Dembowski’s Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After is the moving testimony of an individual who has had firsthand knowledge of the most dramatic moments in the history of the twentieth century. His story is one of heroic courage, honesty, and optimism." —Thomas Pavel Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor in Romance Languages and Literature, University of Chicago"Memoirs Red and White vividly describes life in Poland before and during the war. It touches on the issues of war and resistance, life in the camps, and the gruesome toll of death and survival. While there is no shortage of literature on the war and camps, Dembowski adds new vignettes and details that will be of interest to a general reader. I think it is important to have Dembowski's record of the events in print as the last of the war generation is disappearing, taking with them their memories and life stories." —Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University Chicago"Peter F. Dembowski . . . provides an engrossing glimpse into his early life growing up in Poland prior to World War II and his subsequent immigration to Canada and eventually the United States. . . . In the summer of 1943, Dembowski participated in the Polish resistance. He was captured and detained by the Gestapo, and his release was quite unexpected by his family. A year later, Dembowski was again captured and sent to one of the many internment camps outside of Warsaw until it was liberated by the British. . . . [This] success story of a World War II survivor from Poland is enlightening, inspirational, and thoughtful." —Foreword Reviews“An impressively written and detailed autobiography, Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After showcases a life lived out in the interesting times. An informative and absorbing read from beginning to end, ‘Memoirs Red and White’ is very highly recommended for bother community and academic library Contemporary Biography collections.” —The Midwest Book Review “To this memoir [Dembowski] brings the academic’s discipline and dispassionate approach not to mention a lifetime of reflection. . . Dembowski has a flair for the out of the ordinary. Here he strives to present complexity, challenging simplistic notions of Polish-German animosity, anti-Communism, and anti-Semitism. . . This book is but a modest contribution to a fairly hefty body of material but will nonetheless reward the reader seeking insight into Poland’s world war.” —Humanities and Social Sciences Online “Written in an engaging, conversational style, Memoirs Red and White is both a witness to the tumultuous course of events in the 20th century and the record of a life truly well lived. It will certainly have appeal to those interested in Polish culture and history, World War II, the lives of Polish Americans, or biographies of academics, as well as those who enjoy stirring examples of heroism, courage, and endurance. Highly recommended, this book is suitable for public and academic libraries alike.” —Catholic Library World“Dembowski is exceptional for conveying a truthful picture of what he witnessed during the war. He avoids the trap of obviously interpreting his memories through the prism of subsequent accounts. He is impressively balanced and objective even though the account of his war-time experiences are harrowing and in many ways complex.” —European History Quarterly “This compelling memoir offers much to historians researching the twentieth century. . . . Dembowski’s memoir is particularly moving when he writes of his family. . . . Throughout his life Dembowski has drawn strength from his Christian faith. And even those who profess no faith are likely to be touched by his reflection on death in the final pages of his memoir.” —Journal of Contemporary History

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Book SynopsisThe Choice of the Jews under Vichy is written from the joint perspective of a historian and a participant in the events he describes. An organizer of the communist faction of the Jewish resistance in France, Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony.Trade Review"The publication of an English translation of Adam Rayski's book ... is a welcome addition.... Rayski's book remains valuable largely for the valuable primary source material it brings to the fore.... [T]he University of Notre Dame Press with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum should be commended for having made this work available in an excellent English translation.” —American Historical Review "Rayski renders justice to the numerous French Jews who joined the resistance. . . . [He] gives us for the first time a comprehensive picture of the collective attitudes of the Jews of France from 1939 to 1944." —L'Arche"Well researched and forcefully argued, . . . Adam Rayski's book describes not only what the Jews did, but makes a case for what they should have done. As such, whatever the viewpoint of the reader, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the mentalities of the time, and also a testament to some activists' faith in human solidarity." —Times Literary Supplement“Rayski, who served as an official of an important Jewish resistance organization under Vichy, examines Jewish responses to Vichy policy as a series of choices. . . . Rayski's approach effectively portrays French Jews as much more than passive victims of an oppression imposed on them from above; rather, through oral and written testimonies and extensive archival research, he conveys the Jews' involvement in their own collective destiny. . . . Recommended.” —Choice"[A] rich and detailed description of the challenges faced by French Jewry during World War II. . . . This complex . . . important book is recommended for scholars of French history and Jewish and Holocaust studies." —Library Journal"[Rayski] pieces together the 'hidden face' of daily Jewish life under the Occupation and relates the experiences of those who went underground—an especially rich and valuable discussion as this phenomenon has rarely been studied." —Library Journal"This highly recommended book is suitable for anyone concerned with resistance, the Holocaust, Jewish studies, or the history of the Jews under Vichy." —History: Reviews of New Books“One of the most informed memoirs of the Occupation, the book is also a shrewd and detailed analysis. It is nuanced in its approach and yet ready to be decisive and provocative in its judgments. Anyone searching for context as well as narrative will be richly rewarded by a thematic concentration on the multiple constraints which faced the Jews in Vichy France… This is both witness and history of exceptional provenance and quality.” —The English Historical Review“Reading the excellent English-language version of Rayski's original study is unsettling. Rayski is concerned first and foremost with erecting a pantheon for heroes of the war-Jewish activists on the Left in the Resistance-and condemning those elements in the French Jewish community who, in his estimation, blindly acceded to Vichy pressure and irresponsibly maintained the officially mandated stance throughout most of the war. If read as a testament by a significant representative of Eastern European Jewry to try to make sense of the world in which he lived and the decisions which he took, Rayski's book provides a viewpoint that will enrich the future historian's analysis of the ways that many survivors of the Holocaust in France interpreted their past.” —Journal of Modern History“The strength of the book, particularly taking its original publication date into consideration, lies in its ability to portray Jews not as passive victims but as active resisters and to emphasize a collective consciousness of self-affirmation.” — H-Net Reviews

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Book SynopsisIn The Choice of the Jews under Vichy, Adam Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony. His research in the archives of the military, the Central Consistory of the Jews of France, the police, and Philippe Pétain demonstrates the Vichy government’s role as a zealous accomplice in the Nazi programme of genocide.Trade Review"The publication of an English translation of Adam Rayski's book ... is a welcome addition.... Rayski's book remains valuable largely for the valuable primary source material it brings to the fore.... [T]he University of Notre Dame Press with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum should be commended for having made this work available in an excellent English translation.” —American Historical Review "Rayski renders justice to the numerous French Jews who joined the resistance. . . . [He] gives us for the first time a comprehensive picture of the collective attitudes of the Jews of France from 1939 to 1944." —L'Arche"Well researched and forcefully argued, . . . Adam Rayski's book describes not only what the Jews did, but makes a case for what they should have done. As such, whatever the viewpoint of the reader, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the mentalities of the time, and also a testament to some activists' faith in human solidarity." —Times Literary Supplement“Rayski, who served as an official of an important Jewish resistance organization under Vichy, examines Jewish responses to Vichy policy as a series of choices. . . . Rayski's approach effectively portrays French Jews as much more than passive victims of an oppression imposed on them from above; rather, through oral and written testimonies and extensive archival research, he conveys the Jews' involvement in their own collective destiny. . . . Recommended.” —Choice"[A] rich and detailed description of the challenges faced by French Jewry during World War II. . . . This complex . . . important book is recommended for scholars of French history and Jewish and Holocaust studies." —Library Journal"[Rayski] pieces together the 'hidden face' of daily Jewish life under the Occupation and relates the experiences of those who went underground—an especially rich and valuable discussion as this phenomenon has rarely been studied." —Library Journal"This highly recommended book is suitable for anyone concerned with resistance, the Holocaust, Jewish studies, or the history of the Jews under Vichy." —History: Reviews of New Books“One of the most informed memoirs of the Occupation, the book is also a shrewd and detailed analysis. It is nuanced in its approach and yet ready to be decisive and provocative in its judgments. Anyone searching for context as well as narrative will be richly rewarded by a thematic concentration on the multiple constraints which faced the Jews in Vichy France… This is both witness and history of exceptional provenance and quality.” —The English Historical Review“Reading the excellent English-language version of Rayski's original study is unsettling. Rayski is concerned first and foremost with erecting a pantheon for heroes of the war-Jewish activists on the Left in the Resistance-and condemning those elements in the French Jewish community who, in his estimation, blindly acceded to Vichy pressure and irresponsibly maintained the officially mandated stance throughout most of the war. If read as a testament by a significant representative of Eastern European Jewry to try to make sense of the world in which he lived and the decisions which he took, Rayski's book provides a viewpoint that will enrich the future historian's analysis of the ways that many survivors of the Holocaust in France interpreted their past.” —Journal of Modern History“The strength of the book, particularly taking its original publication date into consideration, lies in its ability to portray Jews not as passive victims but as active resisters and to emphasize a collective consciousness of self-affirmation.” — H-Net Reviews

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Book SynopsisElie Poulard's memoir tells of his experience as a young Frenchman deported to work sites in Nazi Germany under France's Required Work Service Law on 1943.Trade Review"A French Slave in Nazi Germany: A Testimony addresses a significant though little-known page of French history during World War II. While many people know of the Vichy government and its collaboration with the Nazis—in particular the deportation of French Jews—few people realized then, and now, the extent of such collaboration. It would surprise many to learn that the Vichy government provided Germany with French citizens who were deported and forced into slave labor in wartime Germany. Poulard's book confronts this unsavory part of French history and gives personal testimony to the terrible conditions under which the deported laborers existed." —Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University Chicago"The book vividly evokes the life of a young French man forcibly sent to work in Germany during World War II. Once the Vichy Government of France passed the Required Work Service Law in 1943, more than half a million young French men were deported to Germany where they worked in the harshest conditions to replace the German men sent to fight in the war. This testimony is particularly significant today, at a time when all aspects of the war are closely examined. The chapters about the effects of the Allied bombing in the western part of Germany are especially poignant as they allow the reader to witness the gradual collapse and final capitulation of the Nazi regime." —Thomas Pavel, Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago"This is a fascinating and depressing account of a young Frenchman sent by his own government to be a slave laborer in Nazi Germany. One can only have enormous respect for Elie Poulard, who persevered and kept his faith in the face of hardship and tragedy. He not only witnessed one of the darkest periods in modern history, but he survived it with cunning and dignity." —John J. Mearsheimer, author of Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics"As the passage of time silences the voices of the Second World War generation, we are grateful to have the memories of Elie Poulard. A French Slave in Nazi Germany tells the story of how Elie Poulard’s faith helped him endure the many years of suffering as a Déporté du Travail. His eloquent and gripping tale is testament to the abiding power of the human will in the face of adversity." —Michael Creswell, author of A Question of Balance: How France and the United States Created Cold War Europe“Jean Poulard of Michiana Shores had a large part in the release of his brother’s book. . . . In 1943, the Vichy French government, which collaborated with the German occupation in World War II, made a law, the Required to Work Service Act, that mandated young French males work for the Germans. Elie [was] one of 600,000 men who were forced into such service. . . . Firsthand accounts of this part of French history in World War II are rare, especially in books available in the United States.” —The News Dispatch"The Nazi war machine was powered by slaves. Elie Poulard was just one of the more than 600,000 French civilians who were rounded up by Vichy collaborators and sent to work in Nazi Germany. Now, more than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, Poulard is sharing his story. A French Slave in Nazi Germany, recounts the largely forgotten horrors and deprivations conscripted workers suffered at the hands of their captors, as well as the dangers they faced as Allied bombs rained down around them." —Military History Now“[This] book sheds light on an under-documented population who suffered under the Nazi regime and is a welcome addition to the literature of World War II.” —Catholic Library World“The book can be read in a few hours, and I would recommend it for anyone who wants to more fully understand French forced labor in World War II history.” —Carolyn Porter Book Review Blog"There are few STO memoirs translated into English, and Poulard’s testimony becomes all the more important as a result. Moreover, this is a book not about resistance or collaboration, but about those millions of French who complied with the rules of occupation as a means of survival. . . . [W]e see a story of fear and survival—one which replicates the experiences of most French people during that period." —H France Review

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Book Synopsis Four Scraps of Bread is Magda Hollander-Lafon’s memoir of her time in Auschwitz and her homage to the men and women who perished in the Holocaust. Trade Review"The brevity of Magda Hollander-Lafon’s Four Scraps of Bread only magnifies its power. Part prose, part poetry, it takes us into the gates of Auschwitz, where her sensitive observations and intense self-examination open up the inner world of the Lager. One must appreciate the power of her words; more importantly the integrity of her example. I was moved, touched, frightened, and horrified. One must be grateful for such a distinct act of witness." —Michael Berenbaum, director, Sigi Ziering Institute"Magda Hollander-Lafon's experience of the Holocaust may parallel that of the Romanian-born Elie Wiesel, but her approach is even more abstracted and poetic. Instantly recognizable details of dehumanization, complicity, and endurance are all present, but with the goal of developing a spiritual and therapeutic vision of survival beyond the amassing of evidence. The enormous recent growth in publication of both saved firsthand accounts and post-memory analyses forms an additional appreciative context for Hollander-Laffon's singular work, not least as it is written by a woman, when most original accounts were produced by men." —Seán Hand, University of Warwick"Magda Hollander-Lafon’s book shines with an unquenchable yearning for life despite the appalling suffering and brutality it portrays. Through the eyes of her memory we see the whole gamut of human reactions to unspeakable suffering and cruelty. We connect with them at extraordinary depth through the heart of a tortured child whose hope never died. This is a heartbreaking, compassionate, triumphant book filled with a rare insight into human evil and suffering." —Gemma Simmonds, CJ, Heythrop College, University of London"An extraordinary memoir that is a valued and appreciated addition to the growing library of Holocaust literature, "Four Scraps of Bread" is unreservedly and emphatically recommended for community, college, and university library collections." —Midwest Book Review"[E]very once in a while a book is published which grabs us by the throat, the mind and the heart and makes us look, think, reflect and allow ourselves to be challenged. Such a book is Magda Hollander-Lafon’s Four Scraps of Bread, a brief memoir, part poetry, part prose, of her experience as a child in Auschwitz. There are few such original accounts written by women and few in which the horror and cruelty are balanced by such extraordinary spiritual depth and resilience, and such unrelenting self-confrontation in search of hope." —Thinking Faith“Four Scraps of Bread is highly and unreservedly recommended. . . [It is] an exceptional and moving read.” —Reviewer’s Bookwatch“The images Hollander-Lafon sketches in Four Scraps of Bread are often brutally evocative; so it is with this book. She gives us a hint of what she and the others suffered. . . . She trusts us to feel the pain. And, to remember.” —Neworld Review“As a profoundly personal quest for meaning, Four Scraps of Bread makes an important contribution to Holocaust literature and is highly recommended for parish libraries.” —Catholic Library World"'I did not understand how people changed so much: Some became executioners, others became victims,' writes Holocaust survivor Magda Hollander-Lafon in Four Scraps of Bread, a slim volume of piercing, simple-yet-profound reflections on her journey through hell and back." —Sojourners“The book’s reflections, prose, meditations, and poetry offer ways to experience alongside Hollander-Lafon her lived experience, both in the death camp and in the the Holocaust’s aftermath, as she, despite all odds, lives through Auschwitz’s atrocities and builds a new life after the war. Her book shows the beauty, hope, and presence of God while not flinching from an open-eyed portrayal of the worst violence and brutality that humans are capable of inflicting on each other.” —Emily Sanna, associate editor, U.S. Catholic

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Book SynopsisUpon presenting the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace to Elie Wiesel, Egil Aarvick, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee, hailed him as a messenger to mankind--not with a message of hate and revenge but with one of brotherhood and atonement. Elie Wiesel: Messenger to All Humanity, first published in 1983, echoes this theme and still affirms that message, a call to both Christians and Jews to face the tragedy of the Holocaust and begin again.Trade Review"[A]n insightful and often impassioned account of Elie Wiesel's themes, preoccupations and development. . . .Traces his moral and spiritual journey as it is reflected through his work and his biography." —The New York Times"Brown, a Protestant theologian, ecumenical, versatile, and sympathetic, approaches his subject well aware of the paradoxes and impossibilities involved: the inadequacy of language to convey the experience and the impossibility of remaining silent about it; the persistence of hope and faith in defiance of reason and experience; the meaning of madness and laughter." —Choice“Brown’s excellent concept of story… adds to his analytical understanding of what Wiesel means. His new book about Wiesel is a treasure.” — National Catholic Reporter

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Book SynopsisProvides a starting point for teachers to illuminate this crucial event in world history. Using a vast array of source materials - from literature and film to survivor testimonies and interviews - the contributors demonstrate how to guide students through these sensitive and painful subjects within their specific historical and social contexts.Table of Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Challenges and Necessity of Teaching the Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century 3 Laura J. Hilton and Avinoam Patt Part One: Teaching Specific Content Antisemitism: Understanding Its Meaning, Context, and History When Teaching the Holocaust 19 Jonathan Elukin The Rise of Nazism 32 Mark E. Spicka Legislation as a Path to Persecution 45 Russel Lemmons and Laura J. Hilton Jewish Responses to Nazism in Vienna after the Anschluss 60 Ilana F. Offenberger Understanding the Holocaust in the Context of World War II 81 Waitman Wade Beorn Tools of the State: The Universe of Nazi Camps 95 Geoffrey P. Megargee The Decentralized System of Nazi Ghettos in Eastern Europe 108 Martin Dean Teaching about Collaboration: A Case Study Approach 127 Steven P. Remy Resistance and Rescue 142 Laura J. Hilton Life in the Aftermath: Jewish Displaced Persons 159 Avinoam Patt Postwar Trials and Justice 178 Gabriel N. Finder Part Two: Sources, Methods, and Media for Teaching the Holocaust Teaching with Holocaust Diaries: Voices from the Chasm 199 Amy Simon Strategies for Teaching the Holocaust with Memoirs 213 Jennifer Goss Teaching Holocaust Literature in the Twenty-First Century 228 Victoria Aarons The Grey Zone of Holocaust Education: Teaching with Film 243 Alan S. Marcus Survivor Testimonies and Interviews 261 Margarete Myers Feinstein Teaching with Photographs 275 Valerie HÉbert Teaching the Holocaust in Museums 294 Daniel Greene Memorials, Monuments, and the Obligation of Memory 309 Stuart Abrams Why Should We Teach the Holocaust Today and Tomorrow? 326 Robert Hadley Contributors 341 Index 347

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Book SynopsisA magisterial history of the French Resistance during World War II that offers a comprehensive exploration of the most significant issue in that period’s social imaginary: the ‘Jewish question’. Renee Poznanski analyses the discourse around Jews that pervaded the Resistance’s propaganda, while examining the fate of Jews under Vichy and after.Trade Review“RenÉe Poznanski is one of the finest scholars of our time on the subject of France during the Holocaust and World War II. Her central question here—How much did the French Resistance care about Jews and antisemitism?—is timely, and she presents a mountain of evidence to support her thesis.”—Ethan Katz, University of California, Berkeley “This book adds to our understanding of the Resistance, the persecution of the Jews, and the clandestine press in ways likely to make it a fundamental work for future scholarship.”—Holocaust and Genocide StudiesTable of Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Prologue: The Loss of Moral and Ideological Markers 1 The “Jewish Problem” in an Age of Suspicion 2 The Range of Rebuttals Part I. We Are All Patriots 3 The Assault on the Jews 4 Across the Channel, on the Defensive 5 Above All—Don’t Bring Back Blum 6 France Cannot Be Muzzled or Seduced 7 Variations in the Shadow of the Comintern 8 A Careful Choice of Words 9 Christians and Jews, Jews and Resistance Activists Part II. The Curtain Rises 10 “The Springtime of Liberty” 11 The Shock of the Yellow Star 12 Summer 1942: Swings in Public Opinion 13 The Crime of Lèse-Humanité 14 A Plan for Extermination Part III. The Judeo-Gaullists in London 15 Under the Sway of the French Goebbels 16 No One Is Safe from Deportation 17 From London to Algiers Part IV. The Judeo-Bolsheviks of France 18 Variations on Silence 19 The Specter of Philosemitism Part V. The Sense of Being Abandoned 20 All Humanity Rises Up against the Murderers 21 The Earth Didn’t Shake Epilogue: Jewish Voices in a Strange Silence Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project.Trade Review"The brilliance of James Young's theoretical insights is matched by his outstanding knowledge of the vast array of representations of the Shoah and by his artistic and literary sensitivity. At Memory's Edge will become an influential book." Saul Friedlander "Young's book needs no extra boost, and yet this recent debate over the meaning of German nationalism gives his subject another dimension of topicality, proving again how accurately discussions of art can pinpoint all that's buried just beneath the surface of everyday life." Robert Leiter, New York Times Book Review "A beautifully written and illustrated book that tells us something profound about the featured artistic projects and their contexts." Natasha Lehrer, Jewish Quarterly "This book provides for further study of the nature and meanings of memory, and on the way contemporary artists contribute to the broad and growing discussion of what memory is." Jay Winter, Art Bulletin

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Book SynopsisHow the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the Nuremberg trialsTrade Review2024 Robert E. Dalton Award winner, sponsored by ASIL“In this deeply researched and highly original account, Robert Hutchinson forces us to reconsider our understanding of the American clemency program for convicted war criminals after WWII.”—Devin O. Pendas, Boston College“Robert Hutchinson’s work is a major reevaluation that scholars of Nazi war crimes and international law will not be able to ignore.”—Norman J. W. Goda, author of Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War“In this important book, Robert Hutchinson offers new insight and new evidence about the famous events surrounding clemency to Nazi war criminals. It is a work that both scholars and a general public should definitely read.”—Jeffrey C. Herf, University of Maryland“Essential for anyone interested in the future of international humanitarian law, this book reveals how justice for the victims of Nazi crimes was undermined by those responsible for upholding it.”—Steven P. Remy, author of The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Controversy“Robert Hutchinson’s magisterial ​​book reminds us that everything is political, justice is never blind, and injustice is most dangerous when it cloaks itself in the robes of the law.”—Robert Citino, National World War II Museum

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA terrific combination of fascinating historical detail, clear and accessible political and legal theory, and practical wisdom about an extremely important topic: the transnational Holocaust litigation (THL) brought in American courts in the 1990s using tort law to win reparations for victims. Even those who ultimately disagree with her optimism about THL will have to reckon with this important book."" - Ariela Gross, University of Southern California

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA terrific combination of fascinating historical detail, clear and accessible political and legal theory, and practical wisdom about an extremely important topic: the transnational Holocaust litigation (THL) brought in American courts in the 1990s using tort law to win reparations for victims. Even those who ultimately disagree with her optimism about THL will have to reckon with this important book."" - Ariela Gross, University of Southern California

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Book SynopsisA collection of some of the writing on the diverse aspects of Nazi Germany. This work provides readers with an insight into the different perspectives on traditional understandings of the Third Reich and covers the central aspects of the period, from the rise of the Nazis and the internal organization of the regime, to Germany's role in WWII.Trade Review"The essays are of high quality, written by respected authors, and some are classics." (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Glossary. General Introduction. 1. Rise of the NSDAP. 2. Seizure and Consolidation of Power. 3. Foreign Policy. 4. Economy. 5. Army. 6. Working Class and Volksgemeinschaft (National Community). 7. Police State. 8. Women. 9. Hitler as Dictator. 10. Resistance. 11. Holocaust/Final Solution. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo Comprises 12 seminal articles on Nazi Germany. aeo Covers all major aspects of the period, including the rise of the Nazi party, social and economic change, Hitlera s personality, German public opinion. aeo Developed specifically for use with students, to encourage critical study.Trade Review"The essays are of high quality, written by respected authors, and some are classics." (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Glossary. General Introduction. 1. Rise of the NSDAP. 2. Seizure and Consolidation of Power. 3. Foreign Policy. 4. Economy. 5. Army. 6. Working Class and Volksgemeinschaft (National Community). 7. Police State. 8. Women. 9. Hitler as Dictator. 10. Resistance. 11. Holocaust/Final Solution. Index.

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