1st Edition
In the Shadows of the Holocaust and Communism Czech and Slovak Jews Since 1945
By Alena Heitlinger
Copyright 2006
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
251 Pages
by
Routledge
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When traumatic historical events and transformations coincide with one's entry into young adulthood, the personal and historical significance of life-course transitions interact and intensify. In this volume, Alena Heitlinger examines identity formation among a generation of Czech and Slovak Jews who grew up under communism, coming of age during the de-Stalinization period of 1962-1968.... Read more
1: Czech and Slovak Jews of the Postwar Generation: An Overview; 2: The Socio-Political Context; 3: (Non)Rembering Jews and the Holocaust; 4: The Parental Generation of Holocaust; 5: The Postwar Generation: Coming to Terms with Jewishness; 6: Jewish Youth Groups of the 1960s; 7: Emigration and a Sense of Home; 8: The End of Czechoslovakia and the Reconstruction of Jewish Memory; 9: Institutional Renewal and Conflict after 1989; 10: Rethinking Jewishness and Jewish Identities; 11: Conclusion
Biography
Alena Heitlinger
