
Liberation Reconsidered
New Approaches to the End of the Holocaust in Europe
Wallstein (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-3-8353-6051-8 (ISBN)
Description
Liberation as a process shaped by Holocaust survivors` distinct historical and geographic circumstances.
The liberation of the camps at the end of World War II has often been portrayed as a singular rapturous juncture. The authors in this volume collectively underscore the necessity of reconceptualizing liberation in a manner that transcends triumphalist narratives, foregrounding instead the inherent complexity, variability, and frequently tragic limitations confronted by Jewish Holocaust survivors in the »aftermath« of genocide. They demonstrate how local conditions, political structures, and social relationships shaped survivors` experiences of the war`s end and their attempts to rebuild their lives.
Includes:
Monika Flaschka: That`s what women are for, just to rape them: Soviet Rape of Holocaust Survivors
Katerina Králová: The Fluidity of Liberation: Jewish Survivors in Postwar Greece
Johannes Meerwald: There is no feeling of newfound freedom - Jewish Prisoners in Southern Bavaria at Liberation
Der Band erscheint vollständig in englischer Sprache.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Product notice
Card cover
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
4
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-8353-6051-8 (9783835360518)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
Elizabeth Anthony, born 1971, is a historian and the director of Visiting Scholar Programs at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Her book, The Compromise of Return: Viennese Jews after the Holocaust, was a commended finalist for the Ernst Fraenkel Prize.
ISNI: 0000 0004 9968 7286
ISNI: 0000 0004 9968 7286
Katerina Králová, born 1976, is a professor of contemporary history and a memory studies scholar at the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Prague, where she is the leader of the Research Centre for Memory Studies. She has edited and authored many publications, including her 2025 book Homecoming, Holocaust Survivors and Greece, 1941-1946 (Brandeis University Press).
ISNI: 0000 0000 8172 5353
ISNI: 0000 0000 8172 5353
Andrea Löw ist seit 2025 Leiterin des Zentrums für Holocaust-Studien am Institut für Zeitgeschichte in München und Lehrbeauftragte am Historischen Institut der Universität Mannheim.
ISNI: 0000 0001 1619 5242
ISNI: 0000 0001 1619 5242