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Biography and Memory : The Generational Experience of the Shoah Survivors

By Kaja Kazmierska; Katarzyna Maciejczyk

Book information

Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9781618111180, 9781936235780
LCC
DS135.P7 -- K3913 2012eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2086221 bytes)
Series
Jews of Poland Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
393\393
Time added
2023-08-11 00:31:20
HolocaustJewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. ; Jews -- Poland.

Description

Biography and Memory discusses the return of Jews to their places of birth in Poland. A biographical urge to come full circle often leads to symbolic journeys to one's roots, but in the case of Shoah survivors, such journeys are unexpected, defying the generational definition of their biography, which mostly draws a demarcation line between wartime trauma and a new post- Holocaust life. Analyzed biographical stories collected from Israeli survivors indicate that such returns may be considered the last chapters of their wartime experiences. Survivors' biographies are examined in the context of both Jewish and Polish memory. This book will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and to general readers.

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