British PoWs and the Holocaust - Witnessing the Nazi Atrocities

Klappentext In the network of Nazi camps across wartime Europe! prisoner of war institutions were often located next to the slave camps for Jews and Slavs; so that British PoWs across occupied Europe! over 200!000 men! were witnesses to the holocaust. Zusammenfassung In the network of Nazi camps across wartime Europe, prisoner of war institutions were often located next to the slave camps for Jews and Slavs; so that British PoWs across occupied Europe, over 200,000 men, were witnesses to the holocaust.

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[The] book raises interesting questions on the uses and abuses of testimonies and the retelling of stories in the service of constructing postwar public narratives and memory. In this respect, British POWs and the Holocaust is recommended to anyone interested in the public history of British POWs in the Second World War and the question of witnessing the Holocaust. H-War

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• Authors: Russell Wallis, Russell (Royal Holloway University Wallis
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2017
• EAN: 9781784535032
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-503-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History; International Library of Twent; International Library of Twent; International Library of Twentieth Century History; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History