Remembering the Holocaust
Generations, Witnessing and Place
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 2015
224 pages
978-1-78093-697-0 (ISBN)
Description
An intriguing analysis of how place constructs memory and how memory constructs place, Remembering the Holocaust shows how visiting sites such as Auschwitz shapes the transfer of Holocaust memory from one generation to the next. Through the discussion of a range of memoirs and novels, including Landscapes of Memory by Ruth Kluger, Too Many Men by Lily Brett, The War After by Anne Karpf and Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Remembering the Holocaust reveals the pivotal yet complicated role of place in each generation's writing about the Holocaust.
This book provides an insightful and nuanced investigation of the effect of the Holocaust upon families, from survivors of the genocide to members of the second and even third generations of families involved. By deploying an innovative combination of generational and literary study of Holocaust survivor families focussed on place, Remembering the Holocaust makes an important contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies that will be of interest to scholars and anyone interested in Holocaust remembrance.
This book provides an insightful and nuanced investigation of the effect of the Holocaust upon families, from survivors of the genocide to members of the second and even third generations of families involved. By deploying an innovative combination of generational and literary study of Holocaust survivor families focussed on place, Remembering the Holocaust makes an important contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies that will be of interest to scholars and anyone interested in Holocaust remembrance.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-78093-697-0 (9781780936970)
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Esther Jilovsky is Honorary Fellow in German Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the editor of In the Shadows of Memory: The Holocaust and the Third Generation (2016).
Content
Preface
Introduction: Generations, Witnessing and Place
Chapter 1: Survivor Memoirs of Return: Encountering the Past in the Present
Chapter 2: The Second Generation: Searching for the Past at Sites of Memory
Chapter 3: The Third Generation: The Role of Place in Imagining the Past
Chapter 4: The Paradox of Place and Bearing Witness: Manipulated Topographies, Pilgrimage and Holocaust Tourism
Conclusion: If Place is not a Witness, what is?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Generations, Witnessing and Place
Chapter 1: Survivor Memoirs of Return: Encountering the Past in the Present
Chapter 2: The Second Generation: Searching for the Past at Sites of Memory
Chapter 3: The Third Generation: The Role of Place in Imagining the Past
Chapter 4: The Paradox of Place and Bearing Witness: Manipulated Topographies, Pilgrimage and Holocaust Tourism
Conclusion: If Place is not a Witness, what is?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
