Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,250 words, Guess

Page Count

297 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101107036666
  • ISBN-139781107036666
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013050038
  • OCLC Control Number866253299
  • Better World Books9781107036666
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDS134.55 .C53 2014

Description

"This book tells a story of Polish and Slovak Holocaust survivors returning to homes that no longer existed in the aftermath of the Second World War. It focuses on their daily efforts to rebuild their lives in the radically changed political and social landscape of post-war Eastern Europe. Such an analysis is important since it shifts the perspective from post-war violence and emigration to post-war reconstruction. Using a comparative approach, Anna Cichopek-Gajraj discusses survivors' journeys home, their struggles to retain citizenship and repossess property, their coping with antisemitism, and their efforts to return to 'normality'. She emphasises the everyday communal and personal experiences of survivors in the context of their relationships with non-Jews. In essence, by focusing on the daily efforts of Polish and Slovak Jews to rebuild their lives, the author investigates the limits of belonging in Eastern Europe after the Holocaust"-- "This book tells a story of Polish and Slovak Holocaust survivors returning to homes that no longer existed in the aftermath of the Second World War. It focuses on their daily efforts to rebuild their lives in the radically changed political and social landscape of post-war Eastern Europe. Such an analysis is important since it shifts the perspective from post-war violence and emigration to post-war reconstruction"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Beyond Violence: Jewish Survivors in Poland and Slovakia, 1944-48Cambridge University Press2014-01-01

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