| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 307 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction and methodology : the Shoah, Jewish-Israeli identity, and the voyages to Poland -- The historical and social context of Israeli Shoah : commemoration -- The structure of the Poland voyages -- Performing the Poland voyages -- The ceremonies of the Poland voyages -- Homecoming : the transmission of Holocaust memory and Jewish-Israeli identity -- Holocaust memory, national identity, and tranformative ritual |
| Summary |
Israeli youth voyages to Poland are one of the most popular and influential forms of transmission of Holocaust memory in Israeli society. Through intensive participant observation, group discussions, student diaries, and questionnaires, the author demonstrates how the State shapes Poland into a living deathscape of Diaspora Jewry. In the course of the voyage, students undergo a rite de passage, in which they are transformed into victims, victorious survivors, and finally witnesses of the witnesses. By viewing, touching, and smelling Holocaust-period ruins and remains, by accompanying the survi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Jews -- Israel -- Identity.
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Israelis -- Travel -- Poland
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Memory -- Social aspects
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Holocaust memorial tours -- Poland
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HISTORY -- Holocaust.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Holocaust memorial tours
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Israelis -- Travel
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Jews -- Identity
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Memory -- Social aspects
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Israel
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Poland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006036150 |
| ISBN |
9780857450074 |
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0857450077 |
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1282626590 |
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9781282626591 |
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9786612626593 |
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6612626593 |
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