Beyond Violence - Jewish Survivors in Poland and Slovakia, 1944-48

"This book tells a story of Polish and Slovak Holocaust survivors returning to homes that no longer existed in the aftermath of the Second World War. It focuses on their daily efforts to rebuild their lives in the radically changed political and social landscape of post-war Eastern Europe. Such an analysis is important since it shifts the perspective from post-war violence and emigration to post-war reconstruction. Using a comparative approach, Anna Cichopek-Gajraj discusses survivors' journeys home, their struggles to retain citizenship and repossess property, their coping with antisemitism, and their efforts to return to 'normality'. She emphasises the everyday communal and personal experiences of survivors in the context of their relationships with non-Jews. In essence, by focusing on the daily efforts of Polish and Slovak Jews to rebuild their lives, the author investigates the limits of belonging in Eastern Europe after the Holocaust"--

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Return to 'no home'; 2. Property: Poland; 3. Property: Slovakia; 4. Violence; 5. Citizenship; 6. Return to 'normality': Poland; 7. Return to 'normality': Slovakia; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Info autore

Anna Cichopek-Gajraj is an Assistant Professor of East European Jewish History at Arizona State University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Anna (Arizona State University) Cichopek-Gajraj, Cichopek-Gajraj Anna
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.06.2014
• EAN: 9781107036666
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03666-6
• Pagine: 297
• Serie: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Poland, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Slovakia, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, c 1940 to c 1949, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities