Suspended disbelief : reflections on the Holocaust / Julian Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

xiv, 430 pages, viii pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rugby, Warwickshire : GG Books UK, 2016.

Summary:

After working in academia and then in rugby league development and promotion, Julian Harrison has spent the last fourteen years of his life working in community engagement, development and in the specific areas of equality, diversity, community cohesion and human rights. Indeed, he is recognised and respected for this work both in his adopted home city of Leicester and wider afield. His work on the Holocaust reflects his on-going passion for both social justice and history, He has spent the last ten years visiting Holocaust related sites in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland, undertaking research and taking photographs. He established Holocaust Memorial Day observance at his place of work, producing annual exhibitions and lectures based on his own research material. Julian Harrison lives in Wigston Harcourt and is married to Lesley. Together they have tour children - Leomi, Luke, Joel and Elliot. This is his second published work and he is now researching a volume on one of the key architects of the Holocaust, Heydrich. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Imagining, Remembering, Reflecting, Reacting 15

2 "The Beautiful Game': Football, the Nazis and Antisemitism 44

3 Standing up to Hatred 60

4 The Legacy of Hope 85

5 Untold Stories 109

6 National Socialism: Devotion, Duty and 'False Consciousness' 134

7 Speaking Up and Speaking Out 151

8 Culpability and Guilt 179

9 Justice 203

10 Kristallnacht 225

11 Building a Bridge 241

12 'Porajmos': The Gypsy Holocaust 288

13 Journeys 303

14 Choices 330

15 Auschwitz - 'The Metropolis of Death' 347

16 Hiding Evidence 362

17 The Future - The Seeds of Hate 371

18 Conclusion 394.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-430).

ISBN:

191109601X

9781911096016

OCLC:

926825239

Publisher Number:

99968093977