Life in the Ghettos During the Holocaust During the Holocaust

Informationen zum Autor Eric J. Sterling , Distinguished Research Professor of English at Auburn University Montgomery, earned his Ph.D. in English at Indiana University. Both his mother and grandfather lived through the Holocaust the latter as a survivor of Buchenwald. Klappentext Unlike many Holocaust books, which deal primarily with the concentration camps, this book focuses on Jewish life before Jews lost their autonomy and fell totally under Nazi power. These essays concern various aspects of Jewish daily life and governance, such as the Judenrat, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, religious life, housing, death, smuggling, art, and the struggle for survival while under siege by the Nazi regime. Written by survivors of the ghettos throughout Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, this collection contains historical and cultural articles by prominent scholars, an essay on Holocaust theatre, and an article on teaching the Holocaust to students. Zusammenfassung Unlike many Holocaust books! which deal primarily with the concentration camps! this book focuses on Jewish life before Jews lost their autonomy and fell totally under Nazi power. These essays concern various aspects of Jewish daily life and governance.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Eric J. Sterling (Editore), Eric J Sterling (Editore)
• Autori: Eric J./ Roth Sterling, Eric J. Sterling, Eric Sterling
• Editore: Syracuse University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.07.2005
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)
• EAN: 9780815608035
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0803-5
• Numero di pagine: 398
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.6 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: Religion, Theology, and the Ho; Religion, Theology and the Holocaust; Religion, Theology, and the Ho; Religion, Theology and the Hol
• Categorie: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, HISTORY / Holocaust, HISTORY / Jewish, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies