Reluctant witnesses : survivors, their children, and the rise of the Holocaust consciousness
Stein, ArleneAuthor
'Reluctant Witnesses' mixes history, memoir, and sociological analysis to tell the story of the rise of Holocaust consciousness in the United States from the perspective of survivors and their descendants. The public reckoning with the destruction of European Jewry, the book argues, was due to more than simply the passage of time. It took the coming of age of the 'second generation' - who reached adulthood during the rise of feminism, the ethnic revival, and therapeutic culture - for survivors' families to reclaim their hidden histories.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Reluctant Witnesses' mixes history, memoir, and sociological analysis to tell the story of the rise of Holocaust consciousness in the United States from the perspective of survivors and their descendants. The public reckoning with the destruction of European Jewry, the book argues, was due to more than simply the passage of time. It took the coming of age of the 'second generation' - who reached adulthood during the rise of feminism, the ethnic revival, and therapeutic culture - for survivors' families to reclaim their hidden histories.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2014).
Interrupted lives -- Desperately seeking normality -- The children wish to remember what the parents wish to forget -- Claiming victimhood, becoming survivors -- Ghosts into ancestors -- Too much memory? Holocaust fatigue in the era of the victim.
Children of Holocaust survivors
Holocaust survivors
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Memorialization
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
History & Archaeology
History - General