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Hitler's Ghettos

Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944

Gustavo Corni author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Jan '03

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A history of the east European ghettos, drawing on extensive personal testimonies.

Hundreds of ghettos were created throughout eastern Europe by the Germans and their allies during the Second World War. There have been some studies of the largest ghettos - Warsaw and L0dz - and a few accounts of some of the smaller ones; but very little examination of the ghettos a a whole. This pioneering new history draws heavily on the testimonies of those who suffered in them, making use of a wide range of diaries and memoirs (and exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Other documentary sources - particularly German - are also used, but the intention is to look at the ghettos "from below," focusing on behavior, values, and suffering, as well as on the heroism and the passiveness of the Jewish communities. Never before has personal testimony been so extensively used and systematically evaluated to write a history of the East European ghettos.

ISBN: 9780340762462

Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 22mm

Weight: unknown

368 pages