Physical Description
xv, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Early chroniclers of the Holocaust: Jewish historical commissions and documentation centers in the aftermath of the Second World War
Khurbn-forshung: history writing as a Jewish response to catastrophe
Writing French Judaism's "book of martyrdom": Holocaust documentation in liberated France
Writing Polish Jewry's "greatest national catastrophe": Holocaust documentation in Communist Poland
Writing history on packed suitcases: Holocaust documentation in the Jewish displaced persons camps of Germany, Austria, and Italy
History writing as reconstruction: the beginnings of Holocaust research from the perspective of its victims.
ISBN
9780199764556
0199764557 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early chroniclers of the Holocaust: Jewish historical commissions and documentation centers in the aftermath of the Second World War -- Khurbn-forshung: history writing as a Jewish response to catastrophe -- Writing French Judaism's "book of martyrdom": Holocaust documentation in liberated France -- Writing Polish Jewry's "greatest national catastrophe": Holocaust documentation in Communist Poland -- Writing history on packed suitcases: Holocaust documentation in the Jewish displaced persons camps of Germany, Austria, and Italy -- History writing as reconstruction: the beginnings of Holocaust research from the perspective of its victims.