New Microhistorical Approaches to an Integrated History of the Holocaust

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2023

New Microhistorical Approaches to an Integrated History of the Holocaust

Edited by: Frédéric Bonnesoeur , Hannah Wilson and Christin Zühlke

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733860

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In 1997, Saul Friedländer emphasized the need for an integrated history of the Holocaust. His suggestion to connect ‘the policies of the perpetrators, the attitudes of surrounding society, and the world of the victims’ provides the inspiration for this volume. Following in these footsteps, this innovative study approaches Holocaust history through a combination of macro analysis with micro studies. Featuring a range of contemporary research from emerging scholars in the field, this peer-reviewed volume provides detailed engagement with a variety of historical sources, such as documents, artifacts, photos, or text passages. The contributors investigate particular aspects of sound, materiality, space and social perceptions to provide a deeper understanding of the Holocaust, which have often been overlooked or generalised in previous historical research. Yet, as we approach an era of no first hand witnesses, this multidisciplinary, micro-historical approach remains a fundamental aspect of Holocaust research, and can provide a theoretical framework for future studies.

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Frédéric Bonnesoeur, Hannah Wilson, Christin Zühlke, Center for Research on Antisemitism, Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
1 Introduction
1 Introduction Frédéric Bonnesoeur, Hannah Wilson and Christin Zühlke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Materiality
2.1 Exploring the Representation of the Jewish Ghetto Policeman’s Uniform in the Confessional Diary of Calel Perechodnik David Dickson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2.2 Display vs Decay: Historical and Material Narratives of a Parokhet from Czestochowa Anna Hirsh and Holly Jones-Amin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
2.3 Fragmented Families and Material Memory: The Striped Trousers of Juda van der Velde and an Excavated Nametag from Sobibór Death Camp Hannah Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3 Space
3.1 A Window with a View: Reading Clandestine Death March Photography as Counter-Cartographical Practice Emily-Rose Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
3.2 “Their turn came the next day”: In-between Spaces of the Holocaust and its Photographical Representation Janine Fubel and Alexandra Klei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
3.3 Emotions and Natural Environment in Bergen-Belsen: The Role of the Forest in the Diary of Margit Holländer Heléna Huhák Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
4 Sound
4.1 Recovered Music, Recovered Memory: Viktor Ullmann’s Sonata for Violin Alexandra Birch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
4.2 Sonic Experiences in the Night: The Case of the Falling Bunk at Auschwitz-Birkenau Sara Ann Sewell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
5 Gender
5.1 “And I Gave Them Skirts like the Ones We Used to Wear”: Roma Women’s Recollections of Helping Jews during the Holocaust in Transnistria Lilia Tomchuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
5.2 The Beauty of Ugliness: Naomi Judkowski’s Cugangi (New Prisoners), Sexual Violence and Aesthetic Capital in the Holocaust Idit Gil and Dana Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
5.3 Sexualized Violence in Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Perspectives of the Sonderkommando Prisoners Christin Zühlke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
5.4 Henrietta Stein Klotz and Henry Morgenthau Jr.: A Secretary’s Influence on the Treasury Department’s Response to the Holocaust Abby Gondek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
5.5 The Scientific Exploitation of Marie Anna Schirmann: A Study of Intersectional Discrimination in Academia during the Holocaust Jason Lemberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
6 Social History
6.1 Reconsidering the Personal Archives of a Victim: The Case of Vollrath von Maltzan, a “Mischling” in German Diplomacy Jean-Marc Dreyfus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
6.2 Foreigner at Home: The Expulsion of the Kaufer Family from Hungary Borbála Klacsmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
6.3 Gathering Information as Resistance: Ordinary Jews and First News about the Chełmno Death Camp Maria Ferenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
6.4 “Essenausgabe”: A Poem of Life and Death Lizzy Robinson-Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
6.5 Craving News from Dear Ones: The Impact of Organisation Todt Forced Labour on the Survival Chances of the Families of the Jewish Workers from Antwerp Dorien Styven and Veerle Vanden Daelen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
7 Acknowledgement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Short Bios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars from the fields of History, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences with a focus on Holocaust Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 380
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 24
Keywords: Holocaust; integrated history; micro-history

eBook

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110733860

Hardcover

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110738469