Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 278 pages)
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350037175
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9781350037144
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1350037141
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135003715X
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9781350037168
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9781350112315
Series Statement:
A modern history of politics and violence
Content:
Unseen -- Traumatic memories and historical memories -- Historical emotions -- Narrative disclosure: Jean Améry -- Betrayal and its vicissitudes -- Critical forgiveness -- Deep transitions: a conclusion resisting finality.
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:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350037151
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781350037151
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350037175
