1st Edition
The Holocaust as Active Memory The Past in the Present
Introduction: The Holocaust as active memory
Marie Louise Seeberg, Irene Levin and Claudia Lenz
1. Linking religion and family memories of children hidden in Belgian convents during the Holocaust
Suzanne Vromen
2. Collective trajectory and generational work in families of Jewish displaced persons: Epistemological processes in the research situation
Lena Inowlocki;
3. In a double voice: Representations of the Holocaust in Polish literature, 1980-2011
Dorota Glowacka
4. Winners once a year? How Russian-speaking Jews in Germany make sense of WWII and the Holocaust as part of transnational biographic experience
Julia Bernstein
5. Women’s peace activism and the Holocaust: Reversing the hegemonic Holocaust discourse in Israel
Tova Benski and Ruth Katz
6. ‘The history, the papers, let me see it!’ Compensation processes: The second generation between archive truth and family speculations
Nicole L. Immler
7. From rescue to escape in 1943: On a path to de-victimizing the Danish Jews
Sofie Lene Bak
8. Finland, the Vernichtungskrieg and the Holocaust
Oula Silvennoinen
9. Swedish rescue operations during the Second World War: Accomplishments and aftermath
Ulf Zander
10. The social phenomenon of silence
Irene Levin
Biography
Marie Louise Seeberg is Senior Researcher at NOVA (Norwegian Social Research), Norway.
Irene Levin is Professor of Social Work at the Graduate School for Social Work and Social Research at Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway.
Claudia Lenz is Research & Development Coordinator at the European Wergeland Centre for Education on Human Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship, Norway.
'This important and thought-provoking book addresses both personal and structural aspects of memory and history. It highlights how memories rendered or silences maintained about the Holocaust have both personal and public significance across national contexts. Drawing on biographical interviews and texts it also makes important contributions to methods discussions.' - Ann Nilsen, University of Bergen, Norway
