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Jewish Studies

The Holocaust

Lavsky: New BeginningsNew Beginnings: Holocaust Survivors in Bergen-Belsen and the British Zone in Germany, 1945–1950

Hagit Lavsky

A sociohistorical analysis of the construction of Jewish life and national identity in post-Holocaust Germany.

Vansant: Reclaiming HeimatReclaiming Heimat: Trauma and Mourning in Memoirs by Jewish Austrian Reémigrés

Jacqueline Vansant

An examination of memoirs written after 1945 by Jewish Austrians mourning the loss of their homeland.

Herbermann: The Blessed AbyssThe Blessed Abyss: Inmate #6582 in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for Women

Nanda Herbermann  •  Translated by Hester Baer and Elizabeth R. Baer

English-language translation of a memoir by a German Catholic writer imprisoned in Ravensbrück.

Braham: The Politics of GenocideThe Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary

Condensed Edition
Randolph L. Braham

An abbreviated version of the definitive work on the destruction of Hungarian Jewry.

Whiteley: Appel Is ForeverAppel Is Forever: A Child’s Memoir

Suzanne Mehler Whiteley

A powerful evocation of the Holocaust as seen through a child’s eyes.

Gouri: The Chocolate DealThe Chocolate Deal

Haim Gouri  •  Translated by Seymour Simckes

A classic novel tracing the lives of two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who meet unexpectedly in a European city.