Our courage : Jews in Europe 1945-48 / edited by Kata Bohus [and three others] ; with contributions by Natalia Aleksiun [and fourteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bohus, Kata, editor.

Aleksiun, Natalia, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe--History--20th century.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

After the Shoah, Jewish survivors actively took control of their destiny.Despite catastrophic and hostile circumstances, they built networks and communities, fought for justice, and documented Nazi crimes.The essays, illustrations, and portraits of people and places contained in this volume are informed by a pan-European perspective.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR PERIOD

BIAŁYSTOK THE DEAD CITY

ART PRINTS AS A MEDIUM FOR THE DOCUMENTATION AND MEMORIALIZATION OF THE GENOCIDE

POSTWAR VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

JULIA PIROTTE AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE KIELCE POGROM

STORIES OF MIGRATION AND REPATRIATION FROM THE SOVIET UNION SHIFTING BORDERS AND POPULATION GROUPS

REICHENBACH/ RYCHBACH/ DZIERŻONIÓW A CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND IN A PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 1945−1950

PROTECTING THE EUROPEAN BRANCH OF THE JEWISH DIASPORA THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE IN EUROPE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST

BUDAPEST THE CITY OF SURVIVORS

PASSOVER 1946 THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM

TAKING UP THE CAUSE OF THE JEWISH COLLECTIVE JEWISH COMMUNISTS IN BERLIN'S SOVIET SECTOR DURING THE "INTERREGNUM" FROM 1945 TO 1950

BERLIN (EAST) THE CITY OF JEWISH COMRADES

PHOTOGRAPHERS IN BERLIN

ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF JEWISH CULTURE IN GERMANY'S AMERICAN OCCUPATION ZONE

THE KATSET-TEATER "CONCENTRATION CAMP THEATER" IN THE BERGEN-BELSEN DP CAMP

FRAGMENTS FROM A LOST WORLD THE RESCUE AND RESTITUTION OF JEWISH CULTURAL ASSETS IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD

RESCUE ATTEMPTS THE HUNGARIAN JEWISH MUSEUM AND JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE AFTER 1945

FRANKFURT AND ZEILSHEIM AMERICA IN GERMANY

JEWISH COURTS OF HONOR IN THE AMERICAN ZONE OF OCCUPIED GERMANY AND THE ALLIED JUDICIARY

AMSTERDAM THE CITY OF CONFLICTS

OUR COURAGE THE MEANING OF ZIONISM FOR SURVIVORS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST

BARI THE CITY OF TRANSIT

STRENGTHENING THE ORTHODOX TRADITION IN JEWISH DP FAMILIES INTERGENERATIONAL PROCESSES

AUTHORS

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

PHOTO AND VIDEO SOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IMPRINT.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-065307-9

3-11-064928-4

OCLC:

1197554635