{"product_id":"bringing-the-dark-past-to-light-the-reception-of-the-holocaust-in-postcommunist-europe-hardcover","title":"Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn-Paul Himka\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Beata Michlic\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn-Paul Himka\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the Holocaust's profound impact on the history of Eastern Europe, the communist regimes successfully repressed public discourse about and memory of this tragedy. Since the collapse of communism in 1989, however, this has changed. Not only has a wealth of archival sources become available, but there have also been oral history projects and interviews recording the testimonies of eyewitnesses who experienced the Holocaust as children and young adults. Recent political, social, and cultural developments have facilitated a more nuanced and complex understanding of the continuities and discontinuities in representations of the Holocaust. People are beginning to realize the significant role that memory of Holocaust plays in contemporary discussions of national identity in Eastern Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of original essays explores the memory of the Holocaust and the Jewish past in postcommunist Eastern Europe. Devoting space to every postcommunist country, the essays in \u003ci\u003eBringing the Dark Past to Light\u003c\/i\u003e explore how the memory of the \"dark pasts\" of Eastern European nations is being recollected and reworked. In addition, it examines how this memory shapes the collective identities and the social identity of ethnic and national minorities. Memory of the Holocaust has practical implications regarding the current development of national cultures and international relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn-Paul Himka is a professor of history and classics at the University of Alberta. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLast Judgment Iconography in the Carpathians\u003c\/i\u003e. Joanna Beata Michlic is the director and founder of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust at Brandeis University and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoland's Threatening Other\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 792\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.31 x 9.23 x 6.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774488969504,"sku":"9780803225442","price":89.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7534efd021c43f400ee0e58ed3e4ba40.webp?v=1780449643","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bringing-the-dark-past-to-light-the-reception-of-the-holocaust-in-postcommunist-europe-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}