Books about the Shoah
by Mark Berch • April 30th, 2008 11:55 AM
Category: History & Community, Holidays
-The distinction between the Holocaust’s meanings and its facts “highlights a central issue in the broader debate about what it is we remember on Holocaust Remembrance Day.” Some recent books present “a fierce challenge to the conventional meanings attached to the Holocaust.” (The Jewish Week)
-In a book “comprised of oral history and memory,” Mimi Schwartz examines her fathers village of Benheim to learn how German Christians and Jews interacted just before, and during, WWII. (JBooks)
-A new project seeks to “locate, digitize and present to the world thousands of as-yet unknown memoirs and diaries from” the Holocaust era, including material unpublished or printed in tiny print runs, just for family. (The Jerusalem Post)
-A new book “narratives of Jewish women during Holocaust and highlights their altruism and courage.” (Ynet)
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