Repentance for the Holocaust: Lessons from Jewish Thought for Confronting the German Past

by C.K. Martin Chung

Book Overview

In Repentance for the Holocaust, C. K. Martin Chung develops the biblical idea of "turning" (tshuvah) into a conceptual framework to analyze a particular area of contemporary German history, commonly referred to as Vergangenheitsbewaltigung or "coming to terms with the past." Chung examines a selection of German responses to the Nazi past, their interaction with the victims' responses, such as those from Jewish individuals, and their correspondence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501707620
• ISBN13: 9781501707629
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher