Overview
- Summary
- "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"-- Provided by publisher
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022
©2022 - Locale
- Poland
Pologne - Contents
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"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. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781501761744
1501761749 - Physical Description
- xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jewish cemeteries--Social aspects--Poland. Synagogues--Social aspects--Poland. Judaism and culture--Poland. Jewish cemeteries--Poland--History--20th century. Synagogues--Poland--History--20th century. Cimetières juifs--Aspect social--Pologne. Judaïsme et culture--Pologne. Cimetières juifs--Pologne--Histoire--20e siècle. Jewish cemeteries. Judaism and culture. Synagogues. Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Influence. History.
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- 2024-06-21 23:52:00
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