Many of those who were only wounded suffocated, buried alive": analyzing the experiences of Jews who survived mass executions
TitleMany of those who were only wounded suffocated, buried alive": analyzing the experiences of Jews who survived mass executions
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469qh
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp.171-189
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies'Vol.36 No.2 Fall 2022 pp 171-189
Description
The Holocaust is associated primarily with death camps, but mass executions alongside crematoria were an equal way to exterminate Jews during World War II. This article presents the perspective of Jews who survived the shootings. What can we learn by analyzing this experience? This article describes received understandings of how people died during the Holocaust and challenges the assumption that those who survived were all irreversibly changed