Traces of the Holocaust: Journeying in and out of the Ghettos, Tim Cole (London: Continuum, 2011), ix + 177 pp., hardcover 120.00, paperback 34.95, electronic version available
Tim Cole's study of the ghettoization and deportation of Hungarian Jews is an important book for scholars and students alike. Focusing on 1944, which Cole calls the “year of journeys,” as well as on towns outside Budapest, the book represents an ambitious attempt to write the social history of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 493-495 |
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| Summary: | Tim Cole's study of the ghettoization and deportation of Hungarian Jews is an important book for scholars and students alike. Focusing on 1944, which Cole calls the “year of journeys,” as well as on towns outside Budapest, the book represents an ambitious attempt to write the social history of the Holocaust through documentary traces such as receipts and photographs that have often been neglected or under-analyzed. While he divides his eight chapters into two parts (one on journeys and one on narratives), four major themes appear throughout the work: space, economics, race, and gender., Cole's study focuses on the German occupation that began in March 1944, but the Germans are largely absent in his account. Rather, he analyzes the interplay between Hungarian authorities, Jews, and others. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dct041 |