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  • Fragments of the Holocaust

    The Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg as a Site of Memory

    de David Duindam ...
    Series series Heritage and Memory Studies
    Why do we attach so much value to sites of Holocaust memory, if all we ever encounter are fragments of a past that can never be fully comprehended? David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche Schouwburg, a former theater in Amsterdam used for the registration and deportation of nearly 50,000 Jews, fell into disrepair after World War II before it became the first Holocaust memorial museum of the ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Site of Deportation, Site of Memory

    The Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg and the Holocaust

    The Hollandsche Schouwburg is a former theatre in Amsterdam where, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, tens of thousands of Jews were assembled before being deported to transit and concentration camps. Before the war, the theatre had been an example of Jewish integration in the Netherlands, and after the war it became a memorial for the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. This book is ... Leer más

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  • A Rich Brew

    How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture

    Finalist, 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience, presented by the Jewish Book CouncilWinner, 2019 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, in the Jewish Literature and Linguistics Category, given by the Association for Jewish StudiesA fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role in shaping modern Jewish cultureUnlike the synagogue, the house of study, ... Leer más

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  • Unsettled Heritage

    Living next to Poland's Material Jewish Traces after the Holocaust

    In Unsettled Heritage**, Yechiel Weizman explores what happened to the thousands of abandoned Jewish cemeteries and places of worship that remained in Poland after the Holocaust, asking how postwar society in small, provincial towns perceived, experienced, and interacted with the physical traces of former Jewish neighbors.**After the war, with few if any Jews remaining, numerous deserted ... Leer más

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  • (Re)Visualizing National History

    Museums and National Identities in Europe in the New Millennium

    de Robin Ostow ...
    Series series German and European Studies
    Ideas regarding the role of the museum have become increasingly contentious. In the last fifteen years, scholars have pointed to ways in which states (especially imperialist states) use museums to showcase looted artefacts, to document their geographic expansion, to present themselves as the guardians of national treasure, and to educate citizens and subjects. At the same time, a great deal of ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Art Power

    de Boris Groys ...
    A new book by Boris Groys acknowledges the problem and potential of art's complex relationship to power.Art has its own power in the world, and is as much a force in the power play of global politics today as it once was in the arena of cold war politics. Art, argues the distinguished theoretician Boris Groys, is hardly a powerless commodity subject to the art market's fiats of inclusion and ... Leer más

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  • Topographies of Class

    Modern Architecture and Mass Society in Weimar Berlin

    de Sabine Hake ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    In Topographies of Class, Sabine Hake explores why Weimar Berlin has had such a powerful hold on the urban imagination. Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in which architectural projects; debates; and representations in literature, photography, and film played a key role in establishing the terms under which ... Leer más

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  • Borderlines

    The fascinating history of Europe in 29 borders from leading political analyst and Tim Marshall's 'borders expert'

    de Lewis Baston ...
    A timely, enthralling history of Europe unlike any other: perfect for fans of A History of the World in 47 Borders and Prisoners of Geography.'One of the most engaging and fascinating histories of Europe I've read for years.' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, co-host of The Rest Is History podcastEurope's internal borders have rarely been 'natural'; they have more often been created by accident or force.In ... Leer más

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  • Jewish Poland Revisited

    Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places

    Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
    National Jewish Book Award Finalist: "A fresh and delightful portrait of Jewish renewal in Poland . . . Highly recommended." — ChoiceSince the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few venture further, seeking to learn about their own Polish roots and connect with contemporary Poles. For their part, a growing number of Poles are ... Leer más

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  • Yiddish Lives On

    Strategies of Language Transmission

    The language of a thousand years of European Jewish civilization that was decimated in the Nazi Holocaust, Yiddish has emerged as a vehicle for young people to engage with their heritage and identity. Although widely considered an endangered language, Yiddish has evolved as a site for creative renewal in the Jewish world and beyond in addition to being used daily within Hasidic communities.Yiddish ... Leer más

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  • Hitler at Home

    A look at Adolf Hitler's residences and their role in constructing and promoting the dictator's private persona both within Germany and abroad.Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the ... Leer más

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  • The Palace Complex

    A Stalinist Skyscraper, Capitalist Warsaw, and a City Transfixed

    An exploration of the history and significance of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was "gifted" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Framing the Palace's visual, symbolic, and functional prominence in the everyday life of the Polish capital as a sort of obsession, locals joke that their city suffers from ... Leer más

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