{"id":14111,"date":"2023-01-27T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:41:50","slug":"remembering-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/remembering-the-holocaust","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Holocaust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe<\/strong>, a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we would like to present a list of new and recent Holocaust and Genocide Studies titles, as well as free access to related journal articles. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cA meticulous and shattering investigation of eight horrific pictures\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u2014L\u2019Arche<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

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ON THE DEATH OF JEWS<\/a>
Photographs and History
Nadine Fresco
Translated from the French by Sarah Clift
With a Foreword by Dorota Glowacka <\/em>

“A fascinating essay about the cognitive, aesthetic, and moral dilemmas of the photographic representation of the Holocaust.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Jacek Leociak<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A penetrating account of a man whose paradoxical embodiment of asceticism, celebrity, tradition, and self-reinvention drew together the complex strands of twentieth-century intellectual life<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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VIKTOR FRANKL’S SEARCH FOR MEANING<\/a>
An Emblematic 20th-Century Life<\/strong>
Timothy Pytell
Vol. 23, Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em>

\u201cAs an introduction to Frankl\u2019s ideas and their relationship to broader mid-twentieth-century intellectual currents, Pytell\u2019s biography is an important contribution to the literature on Frankl and the contorted circumstances of his life.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 American Historical Review<\/strong>

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A shocking account of Nazi genocide and the inhuman conditions in Auschwitz, but equally shocking is the initial disbelief with which the revelations were met.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

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ESCAPE FROM HELL<\/a>
The True Story of the Auschwitz Protocol
Alfred Wetzler
Translated by Ewald Osers
Edited by Peter Varnai
Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert
Introduction by Robert Rozett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026a compelling read; a real thriller. It provides very vivid descriptions of daily life in the camp and recounts in details the miraculous escape and the escapees\u2019 subsequent struggle to convince the unbelieving world of the happenings in Auschwitz-Birkenau.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 British Czech and Slovak Review<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn this rich and resonant study, Joanna Newman recounts the little-known story of this Jewish exodus to the British West Indies…\u201d<\/em> <\/strong> \u2022 Times Higher Education<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

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NEARLY THE NEW WORLD<\/a>
The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933\u20131945<\/strong>
Joanna Newman

Nearly the New World <\/em>tells the extraordinary story of Jewish refugees who overcame persecution and sought safety in the West Indies from the 1930s through the end of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WINNER OF THE HERBERT STEINER PRIZE FOR SCHOLARSHIP ON RESISTANCE TO FASCISM AND NAZISM<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

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ESCAPEES<\/a>
The History of Jews Who Fled Nazi Deportation Trains in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands<\/strong>
Tanja von Fransecky<\/em>
Translated from German by Benjamin Liebelt<\/em>

\u201cFransecky\u2019s accounts of the individual escapes offer an interesting and important addition to Holocaust literature.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Holocaust and Genocide Studies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first extensive analysis of petitions authored by Jews in nations ruled by the Nazis and their allies. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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RESISTING PERSECUTION<\/a>
Jews and Their Petitions during the Holocaust<\/strong>
Edited by Thomas Pegelow Kaplan and Wolf Gruner
Volume 24, Contemporary European History<\/em>

\u201cWritten documentation, and especially firsthand accounts of specific areas, people or episodes can help provide a deeper understanding of the varied ways Jews tried to survive this horrible period.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 AJL News and Reviews<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“…an important resource for scholars and teachers of East German. cinema” <\/em><\/strong> \u2022 <\/strong> Europe Now<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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EAST GERMAN FILM AND THE HOLOCAUST<\/a>
Elizabeth Ward
Volume 22, Film Europa<\/a><\/em>

By combining close analyses of key films with extensive archival research, this book explores how GDR filmmakers depicted Jews and the Holocaust in a country where memories of Nazi persecution were highly prescribed, tightly controlled and invariably political. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New studies of the wide spectrum of the history of medicine before and during the Holocaust.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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RECOGNIZING THE PAST IN THE PRESENT<\/a>
New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust<\/strong>
Edited by Sabine Hildebrandt, Miriam Offer, and Michael A. Grodin
Foreword by William E. Seidelman<\/em>

This interdisciplinary collection of studies presents documentation of the critical role medicine played in realizing the policies of Hitler\u2019s regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Combining accessible prose with scholarly rigor, The Participants <\/em>presents fascinating profiles of the all-too-human men who implemented some of the most inhuman acts in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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THE PARTICIPANTS<\/a>
The Men of the Wannsee Conference<\/strong>
Edited by Hans-Christian Jasch and Christoph Kreutzm\u00fcller
Translated from the German by Charlotte Kreutzm\u00fcller-Hughes and Jane Paulick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 20 January 1942, fifteen senior German government officials attended a short meeting in Berlin to discuss the deportation and murder of the Jews of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite lasting less than two hours, the Wannsee Conference is today understood as a signal episode in the history of the Holocaust, exemplifying the labor division and bureaucratization that made the \u201cFinal Solution\u201d possible. Yet while the conference itself has been exhaustively researched, many of its attendees remain relatively obscure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOverall, the collection offers exciting and also new perspectives on the representations of the Sonderkommando and it will be interesting for researchers from different disciplines.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u2022 H-Soz-Kult<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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TESTIMONIES OF RESISTANCE<\/a>
Representations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando<\/strong>
Edited by Nicholas Chare and Dominic Williams
Foreword by Anne Karpf<\/em>
Afterword by Victor Jeleniewski Seidler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is yet another outstanding book from Nicholas Chare and Dominic Williams. Each chapter offers an interesting perspective and keen insights into the Sonderkommando, the Scrolls of Auschwitz, and Holocaust representation, and I came away with new appreciation for them all.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Sarah Cushman<\/strong>, Northwestern University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“A valuable contribution to Holocaust scholarship, the field of eyewitness testimony, and the documentation of traumatic events\u2026 Highly Recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MATTERS OF TESTIMONY<\/a>
Interpreting the Scrolls of Auschwitz<\/strong>
Nicholas Chare and Dominic Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“<\/em>Matters of Testimony is bold and fascinating, and provides a fresh and insightful analysis that contributes to scholarship about the Sonderkommando (SK), Holocaust testimony, Holocaust writing, the material culture of Auschwitz, resistance, and the Auschwitz camp complex itself.”<\/em> \u00b7 Shofar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Nicholas Chare and Dominic Williams\u2019s piece on Slate\u2019s The Vault<\/a> and also Searching for Feelings: The Scrolls of Auschwitz and Son of Saul<\/a> on the Berghahn Blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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War and Genocide Series<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“The Berghahn series <\/em>Studies on War and Genocide has immeasurably enriched the English-language scholarship available to scholars and students of genocide and, in particular, the Holocaust.”<\/em>  \u00b7  Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DEFEATING IMPUNITY<\/a>
Attempts at International Justice in Europe since 1914<\/strong>
Edited by Ornella Rovetta and Pieter Lagrou

\u201c<\/em>Defeating Impunity collects strong, substantial new research, often providing the main (or only) English-language presentation of the underlying research in the history of war crimes trials.<\/em>” \u2022<\/strong> Devin Pendas<\/strong>, Boston College <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DO NOT FORGET ME<\/a>
Three Jewish Mothers Write to Their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto<\/strong>
Edited by Leon Saltiel
With Forewords by Serge Klarsfeld and Yannis Boutaris<\/em>

Praise for the Greek edition:
\u201cLetters of this kind are uniquely valuable testimonies, for the simple reason that they were not intended as testimonies; they were not written with posterity in mind.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Kathimerini<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VOICES ON WAR AND GENOCIDE<\/a>
Three Accounts of the World Wars in a Galician Town<\/strong>
Edited and with an Introduction by Omer Bartov

Taking as its point of departure Omer Bartov\u2019s acclaimed Anatomy of a Genocide<\/em>, this volume brings together previously unknown accounts by three individuals from Buczacz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a full selection of Volumes in the series please visit series webpage<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celebrating the life and scholarship of Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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THE ANATOMY OF THE HOLOCAUST<\/a>
Selected Works from a Life of Scholarship<\/strong>
Raul Hilberg
Edited by Walter H. Pehle and Ren\u00e9 Schlott

\u201c[Hilberg was] undoubtedly the most important pioneer in the field of perpetrator research, all of whose topics and controversies he anticipated in their essence.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 H-Soz-Kult<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GERMAN RAILROADS, JEWISH SOULS<\/a>
The Reichsbahn, Bureaucracy, and the Final Solution<\/strong>
Christopher R. Browning, Peter Hayes and Raul Hilberg
Published in Association with the <\/em>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum <\/a>

A rich and accessible introduction to the role of the German railway system in the Holocaust, a topic that remains understudied even today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WATERLOO CENTRE FOR GERMAN STUDIES BOOK PRIZE<\/a>
CHOICE<\/em> OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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SUBMERGED ON THE SURFACE<\/a>
The Not-So-Hidden Jews of Nazi Berlin, 1941\u20131945<\/strong>
Richard N. Lutjens Jr.<\/em>

\u201cWith a fine ear for the nuances of the German language, Lutjens extracts meaning from the testimonies of survivors to give readers some sense of the nightmare Jews lived through and from which they never wholly recovered. An excellent, sensitive work\u2026 Highly recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE WITNESS AS OBJECT<\/a>
Video Testimony in Memorial Museums
Steffi de Jong

\u201cDe Jong\u2019s study is enriching and stimulating. Her strength lies in categorizing, in reflection, and taking the debate about contemporary witnesses to a new level. Whoever wants to learn about the role of eye witnesses in the Memorial Museum will not be able to ignore this study.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 H-Soz-Kult<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Berghahn Journals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Berghahn Journals would like to offer FREE ACCESS to the following articles, through February 3rd, 2023. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EUROPEAN JUDAISM<\/a><\/strong>
Special Section –<\/strong> The Synagogue and the Legacies of the Holocaust: The German Refugee Rabbis and Cantors<\/em> (Vol. 54, Issue 1)<\/a>
 
Speaking of the Holocaust: From Silence to Knowledge and Back Again<\/em><\/a>
Keith Kahn-Harris (Volume 53, Issue 2)<\/a>
 
Laughter in the Ghetto: Cabarets from a Concentration Camp<\/em><\/a>
Lisa Peschel (Volume 53, Issue 2)<\/a>
 
The Search for Politanky: A Hidden Holocaust Refuge in Transnistria<\/em><\/a>
Carol Simon Elias<\/a> (Volume 52, Issue 1)<\/a>
 
One of the Saved: In Memory of Jan Fuchs<\/em><\/a>
Angela West (Volume 50, Issue 2)<\/a>
 
Holocaust Ethics: Difficult Histories and Threatening Memories<\/em><\/a>
Victor Jeleniewski Seidler (Volume 47, Issue 1)<\/a>
 
FRENCH POLITICS, CULTURE & SOCIETY<\/a><\/strong>
To Bear Witness After the Era of the Witness: The Projects of Christophe Boltanski and Ivan Jablonka<\/em><\/a>
Donald Reid (Volume 36, Issue 3)<\/a>
 
Special Issue –<\/strong> The Rescue of Jews in France and its Empire during World War II: History and Memory<\/em><\/a> (Volume 30, Issue 2)<\/a>
 
GERMAN POLITICS & SOCIETY<\/a><\/strong>
Invoking the \u201cYolocaust\u201d?: German Memory Politics, Cultural Criticism, and Contemporary Popular Arts<\/a><\/em>
Ralph Buchenhorst (Vol. 39, Issue 4)<\/a>
 
ISRAEL STUDIES REVIEW<\/a><\/strong>
Holocaust Tweets as an Act of Resistance<\/em><\/a>
Lia Friesem (Volume 33, Issue 2)<\/a>
 
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, MEMORY, AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/strong>
\u201cHitlermania\u201d: Nazism and the Holocaust in Indian History Textbooks<\/em><\/a>
Basabi Khan Banerjee and Georg St\u00f6ber (Volume 12, Issue 1)<\/a>
 
Representations of the Holocaust in Albanian Secondary School History Textbooks since the Educational Reform of 2004<\/em><\/a>
Esilda Luku (Volume 12, Issue 1)<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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