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Jewish Life in Southeast Europe

Diverse Perspectives on the Holocaust and Beyond

Giorgos Antoniou editor Katerina Králová editor Marija Vulesica editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:30th Jun '21

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This anthology brings together eight chapters which examine the life of Jews in Southeast Europe through political, social and cultural lenses. Even though the Holocaust put an end to many communities in the region, this book chronicles how some Holocaust survivors nevertheless tried to restore their previous lives.

Focusing on the once flourishing and colorful Jewish communities throughout the Balkans – many of which were organized according to the Ottoman millet system – this book provides a diverse range of insights into Jewish life and Jewish-Gentile relations in what became Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria after World War II. Further, the contributors conceptualize the issues in focus from a historical perspective. In these diachronic case studies, virtually the whole 20th century is covered, with a special focus paid to the shifting identities, the changing communities and the memory of the Holocaust, thereby providing a very useful parallel to today’s post-war and divided societies.

Drawing on relevant contemporary approaches in historical research, this book complements the field with topics that, until now in Jewish studies and beyond, remained on the edge of the general research focus.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

ISBN: 9781032087085

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

164 pages