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This comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the global impact and legacy of the Holocaust considers politics, law, art and culture, covering not just Europe but also North America and Israel. Contributions from leading historians demonstrate the enduring significance of the Holocaust, from the postwar period to the present day.
List of contents
General editor's introduction Mark Roseman; Introduction to volume IV Laura Jockusch and Devin O. Pendas; Part I. History: 1. Liberation, displacement and homecoming in the aftermath of the holocaust Kata Bohus and Atina Grossmann; 2. In each and every generation: survivors and their descendants David Slucki; 3. 'Forgotten victims' and the federal republic of Germany Henning Tümmers; 4. Testimony as a response to mass atrocity: 1940s to the present Zoë Waxman; 5. Perpetrators on trial: the transnational history of holocaust trials Devin O. Pendas; 6. The plunder and the restoration of art and cultural property Jonathan Petropolous; 7. Restitution and reparations Regula Ludi; 8. Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism Jeffrey Herf; Part II. Geography: 9. Germany and the holocaust Herold Marcuse; 10. Israel and the holocaust: History, Memory and Identity Laura Jockusch and Avinoam J. Patt; 11. The holocaust in eastern european memory and politics after the cold war Joanna B. Michlic and Per A. Rudling; 12. The Americanization of the holocaust Hasia R. Diner; Part III. Culture and ideas: 13. The holocaust and social thought Enzo Traverso; 14. The holocaust and the challenges of representation Michael Rothberg; 15. In search of global justice: holocaust, genocide, law James Loeffler; 16. Theological responses to the holocaust Michael L. Morgan; 17. Holocaust and digital humanities todd Samuel Presner; Part IV. Culture and Fields: 18. Holocaust commemoration and memorials Natasha Goldman; 19. Holocaust museums stefanie Shosh Rotem; 20. The holocaust and the medical professions Ulf Schmidt; 21. Holocaust literature David G. Roskies; 22. The holocaust and the visual arts: perplexity, meanings Glenn Sujo; 23. The holocaust and film Jennifer Cazanave; 24. The future of the holocaust-timely reflections Dan Diner; Index.
About the author
Laura Jockusch is Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Collect and Record! Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe (2012); co-editor of Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust (2015) and Revenge, Retribution, Reconciliation: Justice and Emotions between Conflict and Mediation. A Cross-Disciplinary Anthology (2016); and editor of Khurbn-Forshung: Documents on Early Holocaust Research in Postwar Poland (2021).Devin O. Pendas is Professor of History at Boston College. He is the author of The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963–1965: Genocide, History, and the Limits of the Law (Cambridge, 2006) and Democracy, Nazi Trials, and Transitional Justice in Germany, 1945–1950 (Cambridge, 2020). He is the co-editor of Beyond the Racial State: Rethinking Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2017) and Political Trials in Theory and History (Cambridge, 2017).
