Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries

Encountering Persecutors and Questioning Humanity
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-44018-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Second World War History

This book uses an empathic reading of Yiddish diarists’ feelings, evaluations, and assessments about persecutors in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna ghettos to present an emotional history of persecution in the Nazi ghettos.

It re-centers the daily experiences of psychological and physical violence that made up ghetto life and that ultimately led victims to use their diaries as a place of agency to question and attempt to maintain their own beliefs in pre-war Jewish and Enlightenment ethics and morality. Holocaust scholars and students, as well as people interested in personal narratives, interpersonal relations, and the problem of dehumanization during the Holocaust will find this study particularly thought-provoking.

Essentially, this book highlights the benefits of reading with empathy and paying attention to emotions for understanding the experiences of people in the past, especially those facing tragedy and trauma.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Reading Ghetto Diaries 2. The Cities and Their People 3. The Art of Cruelty 4. Censure and Casting Out 5. The Deepening Darkness 6. Conclusion: Humanity, Expectation, Agency, and Morality

Über Autor(innen)

Amy Simon holds the Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History at Michigan State University. She writes about Holocaust diaries and pedagogy, including the article, "Imperfect Humans and Perfect Beasts: Changing Perceptions of German and Jewish Persecutors in Holocaust Ghetto Diaries" (2020).