Jovan Byford, Open University, author of Denial and Repression of Antisemitism:
Jelena Subotić pulls no punches in showing how contemporary problems in Eastern Europe—the rise of the far-right, revival of WWII-era fascist ideologies, emergence of extreme nationalist and populist rhetoric—can be linked to the criminalization of communist and anti-fascist past. This is an outstanding book.
Jeffrey Kopstein, University of California, Irvine, author of Intimate Violence:
Yellow Star, Red Star is a passionate and engaging study of the politics of Holocaust memory in Eastern Europe after communism. Jelena Subotić has produced a first-rate piece of scholarship and one that's refreshingly enjoyable to read.
Jelena Subotić's second book is a compelling and prescient warning on the dangers inherent in contemporary political re-framing of Holocaust memory. Yellow Star, Red Star is bold and necessary.
Cronin's biography vividly depicts the colourful career, penetrating intellect and literary talent which made him one of the most interesting, if not influential, Russian conservative thinkers of the nineteenth century.
Compellingly argued and written with genuine literary flair, Jelena Subotić's study is also a call to action, urging us to look more critically at the ways in which memory can be manipulated to suit political needs.
Jelena Subotic's book has earned all the accolades it has so far received. It is an excellent foundation for a serious discussion and understanding of the moment we live in.
Mrázek's social and anthropological history, together with Subotić's analysis of the historical and current factors of Holocaust remembrance has significantly expanded the field of literature. From the lives of people incarcerated in camps to the lives of people trapped by mythohistories and competitive victimhood, Mrázek and Subotić allow readers to walk in the footsteps and footfalls of history.
Yellow Star, Red Star is a scientifically well-grounded work recommended as a seminal volume, a must read for those with an interest in Serbian, Croatian, and Lithuanian history.
Yellow Star, Red Star is an excellent, in-depth analysis of current political processes afflicting postcommunist Holocaust memory. It should be required reading for anyone studying Eastern Europe, Holocaust memory, and the current rise of ethno-nationalism.
The complicated politics of memory and commemoration regarding the Holocaust in post-communist Eastern Europe is the subject of Suboti's thoughtful analysis... Disturbing in its implications, this well-written and reasoned work is required reading for those studying history and memory.
Jelena Subotic has written a fine, compelling and angry book. In Yellow Star, Red Star, she argues that Holocaust history in post-Communist countries has been ignored, subverted, adapted, adopted and misused and, in the two Balkan countries, used as a prop for creating post-Yugoslav national identities.
Yellow Star, Red Star approaches Holocaust studies from a post-Communist perspective and is an important contribution to the historical canon.
