The first transnational study of the memory of the Kindertransport and the first to explore how it is represented in museums, memorials, and commemorations.
The Kindertransport, the rescue of ca. 10, 000 Jewish children from the Nazi sphere of control and influence before the Second World War, has often been framed as a ’British story.’ This book recognizes that even though most of the ’Kinder’ were initially brought to the UK and many stayed, it was more than that. It therefore compares British memory of the Kindertransport to that of other host nations (the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). It is the first book to ask how the Kindertransport is remembered both in the countries of origin, particularly Germany, and in the host nations, as well as the first to analyze how it is represented in museums, memorials, and commemorations. Seeing memory of the Kindertransport in the host nations and in Germany as significantly different, the study argues that the different national memory discourses around the Nazi persecution of Jews shape the respective countries’ images of the Kindertransport, and that those images in turn shape the discourses – especially in Britain. Yet while national memory frameworks remain crucial to how the Kindertransport is remembered, the book also documents the increasing significance of transnational memory trends that link the host nations with each other and with the countries from which the children originated.
The Kindertransport, the rescue of ca. 10, 000 Jewish children from the Nazi sphere of control and influence before the Second World War, has often been framed as a ’British story.’ This book recognizes that even though most of the ’Kinder’ were initially brought to the UK and many stayed, it was more than that. It therefore compares British memory of the Kindertransport to that of other host nations (the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). It is the first book to ask how the Kindertransport is remembered both in the countries of origin, particularly Germany, and in the host nations, as well as the first to analyze how it is represented in museums, memorials, and commemorations. Seeing memory of the Kindertransport in the host nations and in Germany as significantly different, the study argues that the different national memory discourses around the Nazi persecution of Jews shape the respective countries’ images of the Kindertransport, and that those images in turn shape the discourses – especially in Britain. Yet while national memory frameworks remain crucial to how the Kindertransport is remembered, the book also documents the increasing significance of transnational memory trends that link the host nations with each other and with the countries from which the children originated.
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Innehållsförteckning
AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations
Introduction: Kindertransport Memory and Representation
1: British Memory of the Kindertransport
2: American and Canadian Memories of the Kindertransport
3: Memories of the Kindertransport in Australia and New Zealand
4: German Memory of the Kindertransport
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Om författaren
BILL NIVEN is Professor Emeritus of History at Nottingham Trent University, UKKöp den här e-boken och få 1 till GRATIS!
Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 284 ● ISBN 9781800108738 ● Filstorlek 13.1 MB ● Utgivare Boydell & Brewer Ltd ● Stad Rochester ● Land US ● Publicerad 2023 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 9050895 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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