Agency and the Holocaust: Essays in Honor of Debórah Dwork

By Thomas Kühne

Book Overview

Part I: Youth and Identity1. Autobiographies of Jewish Youth in Prewar Poland as Holocaust Sources- Jeff Koerber2. Saving Jewish Girls: A Case Study in Liding?, Sweden- Beth Cohen
Part II: Rescue and Relief3. JDC's Relief Efforts and the Holocaust in Rzesz?w County- Joanna Sliwa4. "What for Godsake Shall I Do with the Hundreds of Table Napkins?" The Preservation of Czech-Jewish Life under Nazi Occupation- Ilana Offenberger5. Eleanor Roosevelt and Refugees from the Holocaust: Beyond the Politics- Dottie Stone
Part III: Gender Dynamics6. Sexuality, Sexual Violence, and Sexual Barter in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Women's Camp- Sarah M. Cushman7. "We Are All Witnesses" Eva Reichmann and the Wiener Library's Eyewitness Accounts Collection- Christine Schmidt
Part IV: Ambiguities of Perpetration8. Genocidal and Anti-Genocidal Ethics in Fascist Italy during the Holocaust- Alexis Herr 9. The Restitution of Jewish Jobs in the Aftermath of the Antonescu Regime- Ştefan Cristian Ionescu
Part V: Cultures of Memory10. Making Hungary Great Again: Mass Violence, State Building, and the Ironies of Global Holocaust Memory- Raz Segal11. Rebuilding and Renewing Viennese Jewish Identity after the Holocaust- Elizabeth Anthony12. Making Present the Past: Canada's St. Louis Apology and Canadian Jewry's Pursuit of Refugee Justice- Adara Goldberg

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030389979
• ISBN13: 9783030389970
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"