| The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Portelli, Alessandro (Author) |
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ISBN: 140398008X ISBN-13: 9781403980083 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: On March 24, 1944, Nazi occupation forces in Rome killed 335 unarmed civilians in retaliation for a partisan attack the day before. Alessandro Portelli has crafted an eloquent, multi-voiced oral history of the massacre, of its background and its aftermath. The moving stories of the victims, the women and children who survived and carried on, the partisans who fought the Nazis, and the common people who lived through the tragedies of the war together paint a many-hued portrait of one of the world's most richly historical cities. "The Order Has Been Carried Out" powerfully relates the struggles for freedom under Fascism and Nazism, the battles for memory in post-war democracy, and the meanings of death and grief in modern society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 940.534 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.13 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On March 24, 1944, Nazi occupation forces in Rome killed 335 unarmed civilians in retaliation for a partisan attack the day before. Portelli has crafted an eloquent, multi-voiced oral history of the massacre, of its background and its aftermath. The moving stories of the victims, the women and children who survived and carried on, the partisans who fought the Nazis, and the common people who lived through the tragedies of the war together paint a many-hued portrait of one of the world's most richly historical cities. The Order Has Been Carried Out powerfully relates the struggles for freedom under Fascism and Nazism, the battles for memory in post-war democracy, and the meanings of death and grief in modern society. |