The Train Journey : Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the Holocaust /

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Deportations by train were critical in the Nazis' genocidal vision of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Historians have estimated that between 1941 and 1944 up to three million Jews were transported to their deaths in concentration and extermination camps. In his writings o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gigliotti, Simone (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2009.
Ã2009
Series:War and genocide ; v. 13.
Subjects:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons > Psychological aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Psychological aspects.
Railroad trains.
Prisoners of war > Germany.
Prisoners of war > Austria.
Political prisoners > Germany.
Political prisoners > Austria.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons > Aspect psychologique.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Aspect psychologique.
Trains.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Autriche.
Prisonniers politiques > Allemagne.
Prisonniers politiques > Autriche.
trains (vehicle groupings)
Humanities.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing.
The Holocaust.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Political prisoners
Prisoners of war
Psychological aspects
Railroad trains
Austria
Germany
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1: Introduction: a hidden Holocaust in trains
  • ch. 2: Resettlement: deportees as the freight of the final solution
  • ch. 3: Ghetto departures: the emplotment of experience
  • ch. 4: Immobilization in "cattle cars"
  • ch. 5: Sensory witnessing and railway shock: disorders of vision and experience
  • ch. 6: Camp arrivals: the failed resettlement
  • ch. 7: Conclusion: memory routes and destinations
  • Epilogue: retelling train stories.

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