“What! Still Alive?!”: Jewish Survivors in Poland and Israel Remember HomecomingMonika Rice

At war’s end, traumatized, bewildered, and often alone, Jewish survivors faced the prospect of restarting their lives. Many who had not the means or yet the desire to settle in other lands found themselves on Polish soil. What sort of reception awaited them upon return, and what obstacles would they...

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Main Author: Horwitz, Gordon J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2019
In: Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-122
Review of:What! Still alive?! (Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2017) (Horwitz, Gordon J.)
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Summary:At war’s end, traumatized, bewildered, and often alone, Jewish survivors faced the prospect of restarting their lives. Many who had not the means or yet the desire to settle in other lands found themselves on Polish soil. What sort of reception awaited them upon return, and what obstacles would they face in the months and years to come? Most importantly for the author of this perceptive and closely argued work, would they find words to describe what they had experienced during the war’s unsettling aftermath? Might changes in setting and circumstance influence how they recalled and communicated what they knew?, Their initial homecoming, we learn, often entailed uncertainty and peril.
ISSN:1476-7937
Contains:Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcz011