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Book SynopsisThis book provides readers with an increased understanding of and sensitivity to the many powerful ways in which personal names are used by both perpetrators and victims during wartime. Whether to declare allegiance or seek refuge, names are routinely used to survive under life-threatening conditions. To illustrate this point, this book concentrates on one of the most terrifying and yet fascinating periods of modern history: the Holocaust. More specifically, this book will examine the different ways in which personal names were used by Nationalist Socialists and targeted victims of their genocidal ideology. Although there are many excellent scientific and popular works which have dealt with the Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, to my knowledge, there are none which have examined the importance of naming during this period. This oversight is significant when one considers the incredible importance of personal names during this time. For example, many people are aware of the fact that
Trade ReviewThis book provides a unique socio-onomastic perspective on the Holocaust. The author’s impeccable scholarship and ability to craft a narrative structure that depicts the horrors of the Nazi genocide through personalized accounts of the victims as individuals is exceptional. This is the best book that I have read in the past decade. -- Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville
Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 Names, Naming, National Security, and Personal Liberty in the USA Chapter 2 The National Socialist Policy of Onomastic Apartheid Chapter 3 National Socialist Practices for Naming the Power Elite Chapter 4 The Hunt for Sarah and Israel Chapter 5 Denazification in Name Only? Chapter 6 Names and Aliases of Male Nazi War Criminals Chapter 7 The Names and Aliases of Female Nazi War Criminals Chapter 8 Names Stories of Shoah Survivors Chapter 9 Naming Names, Recovering Identities for the Past and the Future References
