ISBN:
9781501761744
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xiv, 289 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Erscheinungsjahr:
2022
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Weizman, Yechiel, 1982- Unsettled heritage
DDC:
363.7/50899240438
Schlagwort(e):
Jewish cemeteries Social aspects
;
Synagogues Social aspects
;
Judaism and culture
;
Jewish cemeteries History 20th century
;
Synagogues History 20th century
;
Polen
;
Juden
;
Kulturerbe
;
Synagoge
;
Jüdischer Friedhof
;
Interaktion
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Geschichte 1945-2015
Kurzfassung:
"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.
Kurzfassung:
"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" --
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
Literaturverzeichnis
URL:
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