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Gray zones: ambiguity and compromise in the Holocaust and its aftermath

By John K , Petropoulos , Jonathan;Roth

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9781845450717, 9781845453022, 9781782382010, 1782382011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1627537 bytes)
Series
War and genocide volume 8
Pages
(439 pages) : illustrations\440
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Part one. Ambiguity and compromise in writing and depicting Holocaust history -- part two. Identity, gender, and sexuality during and after the Third Reich -- part three. Gray spaces : geographical and imaginative landscapes -- part four. Justice, religion, and ethics during and after the Holocaust.;Few essays about the Holocaust are better known or more important than Primo Levi's reflections on what he called "the gray zone," a reality in which moral ambiguity and compromise were pronounced. In this volume accomplished Holocaust scholars, among them Raul Hilberg, Gerhard L. Weinberg, Christopher Browning, Peter Hayes, and Lynn Rapaport, explore the terrain that Levi identified. Together they bring a necessary interdisciplinary focus to bear on timely and often controversial topics in cutting-edge Holocaust studies that range from historical analysis to popular culture. While each ess.

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