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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462171503321

Autore

Kaźmierska Kaja <1964->

Titolo

Biography and memory [[electronic resource] ] : the generational experience of the Shoah survivors / / Kaja Kaz̆mierska, translated from Polish by Katarzyna Maciejczyk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2012

ISBN

1-61811-118-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Jews of Poland

Altri autori (Persone)

MaciejczykKatarzyna

Disciplina

940.5318

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland

Jews - Poland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The translation was supported by the University of Lodz"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the English Edition and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Biographical Dimension of the Return to the Birthplace -- Chapter II. Social Frames of Memory -- Chapter III. Polish Memory and the Polish-Jewish Relations -- Chapter IV. Jewish Memory -- Chapter V. The Voyage-Return in Narrative Interviews with the Israeli -- Chapter VI. The Return in Biographical Experience: Case Analyses -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Biography and Memory discusses the return of Jews to their places of birth in Poland. A biographical urge to come full circle often leads to symbolic journeys to one's roots, but in the case of Shoah survivors, such journeys are unexpected, defying the generational definition of their biography, which mostly draws a demarcation line between wartime trauma and a new post- Holocaust life. Analyzed biographical stories collected from Israeli survivors indicate that such returns may be considered the last chapters of their wartime experiences. Survivors' biographies are examined in the context of both Jewish and Polish memory. This book will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and to general readers.