Fresh Wounds: Early Narratives of Holocaust Survival Contributor(s): Niewyk, Donald L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807872407 ISBN-13: 9780807872406 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - General - History | Jewish - General |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 97-17725 |
Lexile Measure: 890 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1940's - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Every student of the Holocaust knows the crucial importance of survivors' testimonies in reconstructing the crime. Most such accounts, however, were recorded years or even decades after the end of World War II. The survivor narratives that make up this volume, in contrast, were gathered immediately after the war. In 1946, Russian-born American psychologist David P. Boder interviewed 109 victims of Nazi persecution--the majority of them Jews--in "Displaced Persons" camps across Europe. The thirty-six accounts collected here possess an immediacy and authenticity that might otherwise be questioned in memoirs penned long after the events they detail.
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Contributor Bio(s): Niewyk, Donald L.: - Donald L. Niewyk is professor of history at Southern Methodist University. His books include The Holocaust: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation and The Jews in Weimar Germany. |