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Holocaust survivors

by Dalia Ofer, Françoise Ouzan, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz · 2011

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Many books on Holocaust survivors deal with their lives in the Displaced Persons camps, with memory and remembrance, and with the nature of their testimonies. Representing scholars from different countries and different disciplines such as history, sociology, demography, psychology, anthropology, and literature, this collection explores the survivors{u2019} return to everyday life and how their experience of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust impacted their process of integration into various European countries, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and Israel. Thus, it offers a rich mix of perspectives, disciplines, and communities.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
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HolocaustHolocaustMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 345 pages

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