Jewish childhood in Kraków : a microhistory of the Holocaust / Joanna Sliwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sliwa, Joanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish children--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.

Jewish children.

World War, 1939-1945--Children--Poland--Kraków.

World War, 1939-1945.

Children and war--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.

Children and war.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Kraków.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.

Jewish ghettos.

Kraków (Poland)--Ethnic relations--20th century.

Kraków (Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Winner of the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library​ Jewish Childhood in Kraków is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children’s experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously. Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times. Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Terminology

Introduction

1. Navigating Shifts in the City

2. Adapting to Life inside the Ghetto

3. Clandestine Activities

4. Child Welfare

5. Concealed Presence in the Camp

6. Survival through Hiding and Flight

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781978822979

1978822979

OCLC:

1263870325