| Hitler's Ghettos: Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Corni, Gustavo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0340762462 ISBN-13: 9780340762462 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $57.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2003 Annotation: Hundreds of ghettos were created throughout eastern Europe by the Germans and their allies during the Second World War. There have been some studies of the largest ghettos - Warsaw and L0dz - and a few accounts of some of the smaller ones; but very little examination of the ghettos a a whole. This pioneering new history draws heavily on the testimonies of those who suffered in them, making use of a wide range of diaries and memoirs (and exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Other documentary sources - particularly German - are also used, but the intention is to look at the ghettos "from below," focusing on behavior, values, and suffering, as well as on the heroism and the passiveness of the Jewish communities. Never before has personal testimony been so extensively used and systematically evaluated to write a history of the East European ghettos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - Germany - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 307.336 |
| LCCN: 2003267540 |
| Series: Arnold Publication |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.34" W x 9.04" (1.34 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hundreds of ghettos were created throughout eastern Europe by the Germans and their allies during the Second World War. There have been some studies of the largest ghettos - Warsaw and Lodz - and a few accounts of some of the smaller ones; but very little examination of the ghettos a a whole. This pioneering new history draws heavily on the testimonies of those who suffered in them, making use of a wide range of diaries and memoirs (and exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Other documentary sources - particularly German - are also used, but the intention is to look at the ghettos from below, focusing on behavior, values, and suffering, as well as on the heroism and the passiveness of the Jewish communities. Never before has personal testimony been so extensively used and systematically evaluated to write a history of the East European ghettos. |
Contributor Bio(s): Corni, Gustavo: - Gustavo Corni is at the University of Trent. |
