Pilgrimages to the past: Jewish returns to eastern and central Europe
TitlePilgrimages to the past: Jewish returns to eastern and central Europe
Author
Call number940.5318/0340
Object number07057i
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherColumbia University Press.
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionpp217-256
MaterialArticle
Series titleHolocaust Studies Series vol 26.
East European Monographs, No.DCCLVIII
East European Monographs, No.DCCLVIII
ISBN9780880336574
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust: essays and documents' pp217-256
Description
Focuses on autobiographical narratives in which Holocaust survivors and their descendants reflect on the meaning of returns or visits to the former 'shtetls' of East Central Europe. Based on accounts by survivors, Bladek concludes that all of them had discovered the impossibility of reentering and repossessing places from the past