forgotten massacre: Budapest in 1944
TitleThe forgotten massacre: Budapest in 1944
Author
Call number940.531809439/0062
Object number11413
Place of publicationBerlin, Germany
PublisherDe Gruyter Oldenbourg
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionix, 189p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9783110687484
Description
Discusses a formerly unknown and invisible massacre in Budapest in 1944, committed by a paramilitary group led by a women. Uncovers the history of the first private Holocaust memorial erected in Budapest in 1945. Based on court trials, interviews with survivors, perpetrators, and investigators, the book illustrates the complexities of gendered memory of violence. It examines the dramatic events: massacre, deportation, robbery, homecoming, and fight for memorialization from the point of view of the perpetrators and the survivors.