LEADER 04422nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910785926303321 005 20230126205822.0 010 $a0-674-06281-7 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674062818 035 $a(CKB)2670000000273696 035 $a(EBL)3301140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11398124 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693258 035 $a(PQKB)10116138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301140 035 $a(DE-B1597)178281 035 $a(OCoLC)1041188677 035 $a(OCoLC)815281423 035 $a(OCoLC)840440241 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674062818 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10610374 035 $a(OCoLC)923118841 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000273696 100 $a20110321d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShattered spaces$b[electronic resource] $eencountering Jewish ruins in postwar Germany and Poland /$fMichael Meng 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-05303-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1 Confronting the Spoils of Genocide --$t2 Clearing Jewish Rubble --$t3 Erasing the Jewish Past --$t4 Restoring Jewish Ruins --$t5 Reconstructing the Jewish Past --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aAfter the Holocaust, the empty, silent spaces of bombed-out synagogues, cemeteries, and Jewish districts were all that was left in many German and Polish cities with prewar histories rich in the sights and sounds of Jewish life. What happened to this scarred landscape after the war, and how have Germans, Poles, and Jews encountered these ruins over the past sixty years? In the postwar period, city officials swept away many sites, despite protests from Jewish leaders. But in the late 1970's church groups, local residents, political dissidents, and tourists demanded the preservation of the few ruins still standing. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, this desire to preserve and restore has grown stronger. In one of the most striking and little-studied shifts in postwar European history, the traces of a long-neglected Jewish past have gradually been recovered, thanks to the rise of heritage tourism, nostalgia for ruins, international discussions about the Holocaust, and a pervasive longing for cosmopolitanism in a globalizing world. Examining this transformation from both sides of the Iron Curtain, Michael Meng finds no divided memory along West-East lines, but rather a shared memory of tensions and paradoxes that crosses borders throughout Central Europe. His narrative reveals the changing dynamics of the local and the transnational, as Germans, Poles, Americans, and Israelis confront a built environment that is inevitably altered with the passage of time. Shattered Spaces exemplifies urban history at its best, uncovering a surprising and moving postwar story of broad contemporary interest. 606 $aJews$zGermany$xHistory$y1945-1990 606 $aJews$zGermany$xHistory$y1990- 606 $aJews$zPoland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zPoland$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aCollective memory and city planning$zGermany 606 $aCollective memory and city planning$zPoland 606 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zGermany 606 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zPoland 606 $aMemorialization$zGermany 606 $aMemorialization$zPoland 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aCollective memory and city planning 615 0$aCollective memory and city planning 615 0$aMemory$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMemory$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMemorialization 615 0$aMemorialization 676 $a305.892/404309045 686 $aNQ 2360$2rvk 700 $aMeng$b Michael$01576647 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785926303321 996 $aShattered spaces$93854536 997 $aUNINA