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Golden harvest : reflections about events at the periphery of the Holocaust / Jan Tomasz Gross ; with Irena Grudzinska Gross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Jan Tomasz.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Jews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Influence.
- Grave goods--Poland.
- Grave goods.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Poland.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Jewish cemeteries--Poland.
- Jewish cemeteries.
- Mass burials--Poland.
- Mass burials.
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--Ethnic relations.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the ""crops"" scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing?The starting point of Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--""diggers""--atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; THE PHOTOGRAPH; THE NEED TO NAME; TAKING OVER JEWISH PROPERTY; PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE SHOAH; THE GROUNDS OF EXTERMINATION CAMPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR; THE BONES; THE DEATH CAMPS AND THE LOCAL POPULATION; TENDING ONE'S GARDEN; THE TAKING OF JEWISH PROPERTY BY ORDINARY PEOPLE; ABOUT THE KILLING OF JEWS; THE KIELCE REGION; "THICK DESCRIPTION"; CLOSE-UP OF A MURDER SCENE; HUMAN AGENCY; THE PERIPHERIES OF THE HOLOCAUST; BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY; CONVERSATIONS ABOUT JEWISH PROPERTY; A CERTAIN KIND OF PATRIOTISM; HUNTING FOR JEWS; JEWS AND OBJECTS
- SCHMALTZOWANYESHELTERING JEWS FOR PAYMENT; AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; NEW RULES AND EXPERT'S OPINIONS; WHERE WAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?; HYPOCRITE LECTEUR, MON SEMBLABLE, MON FRÈRE; Afterword; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-59422-5
- 9786613624055
- 0-19-992098-2
- OCLC:
- 784886644
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