In the Shadows of the Holocaust & Communism - Czech and Slovak Jews Since 1945

Informationen zum Autor Alena Heitlinger Klappentext The book addresses a larger set of questions about the formation of Jewish identity in the midst of political upheavals, secularization, assimilation, and modernity. Zusammenfassung The book addresses a larger set of questions about the formation of Jewish identity in the midst of political upheavals, secularization, assimilation, and modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Czech and Slovak Jews of the Postwar Generation: An Overview; 2: The Socio-Political Context; 3: (Non)Rembering Jews and the Holocaust; 4: The Parental Generation of Holocaust; 5: The Postwar Generation: Coming to Terms with Jewishness; 6: Jewish Youth Groups of the 1960s; 7: Emigration and a Sense of Home; 8: The End of Czechoslovakia and the Reconstruction of Jewish Memory; 9: Institutional Renewal and Conflict after 1989; 10: Rethinking Jewishness and Jewish Identities; 11: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Alena Heitlinger, Heitlinger Alena
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2012
• EAN: 9781412849562
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-4956-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Relating to Jewish people and groups, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Social groups: religious groups and communities, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Alena Heitlinger