Unsettled heritage: living next to Poland's material Jewish traces after the Holocaust
"Everything was a void." New order and social chaos -- "There are no Jews here." The language of de-Judaization -- To whom does it belong? Ownership and doubts -- Resentment and compassion -- The antechamber of mystery -- Liberalization, nationalism, and erasure -- Profanation an...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2022
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In: | Year: 2022 |
Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ṿeitsman, Yeḥiʾel, 1982-, Unsettled heritage : living next to Poland's material Jewish traces after the Holocaust] (2024) (Zubrzycki, Geneviève)
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Jews
/ Cultural heritage
/ Synagogue
/ Jewish cemetery
/ Interaction
/ Collective memory
/ History 1945-2015
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Further subjects: | B
Synagogues
Social aspects (Poland)
B Synagogues (Poland) History 20th century B Jewish cemeteries Social aspects (Poland) B Judaism and culture (Poland) B Jewish cemeteries (Poland) History 20th century |
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Summary: | "Everything was a void." New order and social chaos -- "There are no Jews here." The language of de-Judaization -- To whom does it belong? Ownership and doubts -- Resentment and compassion -- The antechamber of mystery -- Liberalization, nationalism, and erasure -- Profanation and dirt -- Residual presence -- Anxiety and rediscovery -- The dialectics of preservation -- Conclusions. Enduring ambivalence. "The book examines the fate and symbolic status of Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in post-WWII Poland, focusing on the ways in which these sites were perceived, discussed, and experienced by municipal officials and local inhabitants in small towns that had a substantial Jewish presence until the Holocaust" -- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1501761749 |