Child Survivors of the Holocaust
"A little-known, sometimes disturbing, but fascinating history about children, families and the Holocaust."
Diane L. Wolf, professor of sociology, University of California-Davis
The majority of European Jewish children alive in 1939 were murdered during the Holocaust. Of 1.5 million children, only an estimated 150,000 survived. In the aftermath of the Shoah, efforts by American Jews brought several thousand of these child survivors to the United States. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Rutgers University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 230
- ISBN
- 9780813584973
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"A little-known, sometimes disturbing, but fascinating history about children, families and the Holocaust."
Diane L. Wolf, professor of sociology, University of California-Davis
"Cohen's unique and original study is an important, empathetic story of child survivors, a group who profoundly influences the direction of Holocaust memory and education today."
Avinoam Patt, author of Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
«“Extremely well written and thoughtful, dealing respectfully and empathetically with the important and often neglected issue of child survivors…Cohen enables a range of voices to be heard."»
Fraenkel Prize Committee, Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
"New Scholarly Books: Weekly Book List, May 25, 2018" by Nina C. Ayoub
Chronicle of Higher Education
"The work deepen[s] existing survivor scholarship, will be useful for cross-national comparisons, and will add to Jewish history and American immigration history."
Choice
"Cohen has made an important and original contribution to the historiography of children and war and Jewish children in the Holocaust and suggests a number of new areas that deserve further study."
The American Historical Review