Jews are Coming Back
The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin After World War II
David Bankier(Author)
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-57181-527-9 (ISBN)
Description
As the war ended masses of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust were traveling the roads of a decimated Europe. They had been hiding or locked up in concentration camps and were now free to return to their countries of origin, but most didn't know what would await them. Not only were their families and communities destroyed; they were now forced to live together with the European perpetrators and bystanders. The local populations often viewed the returning Jews with contempt for their return forced them to confront the role that people had played in the war. This explains why in many places the Jews' arrival was met with demonstrations and pogroms when they expressed hopes of regaining their former property and economic position. The articles included in this volume present new perspectives on the experiences of Holocaust survivors returning to their countries of origin after World War II. These studies throw new light on the manner in which governments, aid organizations and societies received returning Jews in general.
After the war the survivors were once again faced with the "Jewish problem," for they continued to be seen as aliens and it wasn't long before antisemitism began to resurface.
After the war the survivors were once again faced with the "Jewish problem," for they continued to be seen as aliens and it wasn't long before antisemitism began to resurface.
Reviews / Votes
- a signal contribution to a much neglected field. In emphasizing the variety of ways in which Jews and non-Jews in Europe copied with the aftermath of the Holocaust, it opens up important new avenues for further research.A" * Studies in Contemporary Jewry - a valuable addition to the scholarship, it raises highly significant questions encouraging further research, and it can serve as instructive reading for undergraduate and graduate courses on post-1945 Jewish and European History.A" * Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies "This volume - will be an essential read for scholars of the Holocaust. Those interested in questions of national identity will also find this collection useful as will scholars of immigration and refugee policy." * HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Herndon
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-57181-527-9 (9781571815279)
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David Bankier is the John Najmann Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research of Yad Vashem and is a professor of Holocaust Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His main research is on relations between Germans and Jews in the Third Reich. His latest publications include Probing the Depths of German Antisemitism (Berghahn Books, 2000), and Nazi Europe and the Final Solution (Yad Vashem, 2003).