We Are Here: New Approaches to Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Germany Contributor(s): Patt, Avinoam (Editor), Berkowitz, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814333508 ISBN-13: 9780814333501 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $33.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2010 Annotation: Collects groundbreaking research on displaced persons (DPs) in Europe in the period after World War II and before the establishment of Israel. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - Germany - History | Jewish - General |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 2009031168 |
Series: Non-Series |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Germany - Topical - Holocaust |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: By the spring of 1947, less than two years after Nazi Germany's defeat, some 250,000 Jewish refugees remained in the displaced persons camps of Germany, Italy, and Austria. Yet many Jews did not know whether to return to their home countries or move on to someplace else. As a result, these stateless displaced persons (DPs) created a unique space for political, cultural, and social rebirth that was tempered by the complications of overcoming recent trauma. In "We Are Here," editors Avinoam J. Patt and Michael Berkowitz present current research on DPs between the end of the war and the creation of the State of Israel in order to present a more complete and nuanced picture of the DP experience, challenging many earlier assumptions about this group. |