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Book SynopsisOver ninety percent of Europe’s 1.5 million Jewish children were murdered during the Holocaust, but a tiny fragment of about 150,000 children survived. Cohen traces the postwar lives of these children, shedding new light on the way their experiences and perceptions both during and after the war shadowed and shaped their lives through adulthood.
Trade Review"A little-known, sometimes disturbing, but fascinating history about children, families and the Holocaust." -- Diane L. Wolf * professor of sociology, University of California-Davis *
"Cohen's unique and original study is an important, empathetic story of child survivors, a group who profoundly influences the direction of Holocaust memory and education today." -- Avinoam Patt * author of Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust *
“Extremely well written and thoughtful, dealing respectfully and empathetically with the important and often neglected issue of child survivors…Cohen enables a range of voices to be heard." -- Fraenkel Prize Committee * Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide *
"New Scholarly Books: Weekly Book List, May 25, 2018" by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *
"The work deepen[s] existing survivor scholarship, will be useful for cross-national comparisons, and will add to Jewish history and American immigration history." * Choice *
"Cohen has made an important and original contribution to the historiography of children and war and Jewish children in the Holocaust and suggests a number of new areas that deserve further study." * The American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
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Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1 Liberation: “My Hell began after the War”
Chapter 2 “Our Greatest Treasures”: America Responds
Chapter 3 In America: “War Orphans Find Home”
Chapter 4 No Happy Endings: Postwar Reconstituted Families
Chapter 5 Growing Up in America: Lingering Memories and the US Context
Chapter 6 Where was God? Faith and Doubt among Child Survivors
Chapter 7 “Finding a Voice for our Silence”: Claiming Identity as Child Survivors
Conclusion “Memory is the Arena of Healing”: The Road to Repair
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
