UID:
almafu_9960177836302883
Format:
1 online resource (278 pages).
ISBN:
1-350-03717-6
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1-350-03715-X
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1-350-03716-8
Series Statement:
A modern history of politics and violence
Content:
This book examines the historical circumstances that gave rise in the 1960s to the first cohort of Nazi-era survivors who massed a public campaign focusing on remembrance of Nazi racial crimes. The survivors' decision to engage and disquiet a public audience occurred against the backdrop of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial and the West German debate over the enforcement of statutory limitations for prosecuting former Nazis. Dennis B. Klein focuses on the accounts of three survivors: Jean Améry, an Austrian ex-patriot who joined the Belgian Resistance during the war, Vladimir Jankélévitch, a member of the French Resistance, and Simon Wiesenthal, who dedicated his life after the war to investigating Nazi crimes. As Klein argues, their accounts, in addition to acting as a reminder of Nazi-era endemic criminality, express a longing for human fellowship. This contextual and interdisciplinary interpretation illustrates the explanatory significance of contemporary events and individual responses to them in shaping the memory and legacy of Nazi-era destruction.
Note:
Unseen -- Traumatic memories and historical memories -- Historical emotions -- Narrative disclosure: Jean Améry -- Betrayal and its vicissitudes -- Critical forgiveness -- Deep transitions: a conclusion resisting finality.
,
Also published in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-11231-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-03714-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350037175
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