Unsettled heritage living next to Poland's material Jewish traces after the Holocaust
"Everything was a void." New order and social chaos -- "There are no Jews here." The language of de-Judaization -- To whom does it belong? Ownership and doubts -- Resentment and compassion -- The antechamber of mystery -- Liberalization, nationalism, and erasure -- Profanation an...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ithaca, London
Cornell University Press
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Everything was a void." New order and social chaos -- "There are no Jews here." The language of de-Judaization -- To whom does it belong? Ownership and doubts -- Resentment and compassion -- The antechamber of mystery -- Liberalization, nationalism, and erasure -- Profanation and dirt -- Residual presence -- Anxiety and rediscovery -- The dialectics of preservation -- Conclusions. Enduring ambivalence. "The book examines the fate and symbolic status of Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in post-WWII Poland, focusing on the ways in which these sites were perceived, discussed, and experienced by municipal officials and local inhabitants in small towns that had a substantial Jewish presence until the Holocaust" -- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 289 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781501761744 978-1-5017-6174-4 |