Pilgrimages to the past: Jewish returns to eastern and central Europe
TitrePilgrimages to the past: Jewish returns to eastern and central Europe
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0340
N° d'objet07057i
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
EditeurColumbia University Press.
Année de publication
2009
Paginationpp217-256
MatérielArticle
SérieHolocaust 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
