ISBN10: 069113121X, ISBN13: 9780691131214, [publisher: Princeton University Press 10/7/2007] Hardcover Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine 0.99
[Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Princeton Princeton University Press 2007 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Maps.

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Princeton University Press 2007 Hard cover New 2007. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. This travelogue reveals the erasure of the Jews and their removal from public memory, a blatant act of forgetting done in the service of a aggressive Ukrainian nationalism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 halftones. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 069113121X, ISBN13: 9780691131214, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. What begins as a deeply personal chronicle of the Holocaust in his mother's hometown of Buchach--in former Eastern Galicia--carries him on a journey across the region and back through history. This poignant travelogue reveals the complete erasure of the Jews and their removal from public memory, a blatant act of forgetting done in the service of a fiercely aggressive Ukrainian nationalism.Bartov, a leading Holocaust scholar, discovers that to make sense of the heartbreaking events of the war, he must first grapple with the complex interethnic relationships and conflicts that have existed there for centuries. Visiting twenty Ukrainian towns, he recreates the histories of the vibrant Jewish and Polish communities who once lived there-and describes what is left today following their brutal and complete destruction. Bartov encounters Jewish cemeteries turned into marketplaces, synagogues made into garbage dumps, and unmarked burial pits from the mass killings. He bears witness to the hastily erected monuments following Ukraine's independence in 1991, memorials that glorify leaders who collaborated with the ...
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Princeton University Press 2007 hardcover New

Princeton University Press, Date: 2007-10-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2007. Princeton University Press ISBN 069113121X 9780691131214 [US]