Holocaust Survivors in Postwar Britain

Community and Belonging
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-67140-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 255 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 461 g

This book pays particular attention to the experiences of younger child survivors of the Holocaust, considering how they kept in touch with one another, and how they integrated into larger cohorts of survivors settling in postwar Britain. Digging deeper than ever before into their postwar circumstances exposes the process of rebuilding shattered lives and the evolution of community relations, including both the beneficial and re-traumatising effects engendered by these networks. Newly conducted interviews put the experiences of younger survivors centre stage. These individuals did not receive much attention or status as survivors until the 1990s, and whilst they represent the most active cohort of survivor speakers in the UK, their narratives and community relations have been markedly absent from academic study.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spicer, Ellis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Oral History (Zeitzeugen)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Decisions.- 3. Rehabilitation.- 4. Distraction.- 5. Community.- 6. Activism.- 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Ellis Spicer is an affiliate of the Centre for the History of War, Media and Society at the University of Kent, UK.