Representations of World War II Refugee Experiences in Memoirs, Fiction, and Film
| Author: | Kraft, Helga W. | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Pages: | 360 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2556-X 978-0-7734-2556-9 | |
| Price: | $239.95 + shipping | |
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A collection of essays that newly examines the experiences of German refugees in World War II. Studies include the use of diverse media
Reviews
“Through the inclusivity of their volume, Kraft and Wallach issue an invitation and a springboard to engage in future non-confrontational conversations about memory that are appropriate to the transnational landscape of the Berlin Republic.” – Prof. Dagmar C. G. Lorenz University of Illinois at Chicago
“A Remarkable contribution to the topic.” – Prof. Inge Stephan Humboldt-Iniversität Zu Berlin
“A bold look at discourses and experiences of the European refugee after World War II.” – Prof. Barbara Kosta University of Arizona
“A Remarkable contribution to the topic.” – Prof. Inge Stephan Humboldt-Iniversität Zu Berlin
“A bold look at discourses and experiences of the European refugee after World War II.” – Prof. Barbara Kosta University of Arizona
Table of Contents
FLEEING BEFORE THE INVADING GERMAN ARMIES
Chapter 1: A Timely Departure: From Czechoslovakia to Palestine and the US in Letters, Diaries,and Recollections (1939)
George Guttmann
Chapter 2: (Re)Writing the French Summer Exodus of 1940 from Northern to Southwestern France
Marie-Claire Rohinsky
Chapter 3: Shifting Identities and Displacement in Germany and Poland (1938–1945): The Films Europa, Europaand The Pianist
Karen A. Ritzenhoff
ESCAPING THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIED FORCES
Chapter 4: Narratives of War, Flight, and Survival in Pomerania, Czechoslovakia, Siberia, and the Baltic Sea (1940–1949)
Herbert Arnold
Chapter 5: Intersections of Class, Gender, Loyalty, and Altruism in German Flight Memoirs of the Privileged
Martha Kaarsberg Wallach
Chapter 6: Cologne and Other Ruins: Dislocation in a Narrative of Flight from Holland to Switzerland
Harold Schweizer
Chapter 7 Flight from Romania to Austria and the United States (1944–1953): Trauma and Visual Representation
Susanna Stachler Tschurtz
DISPLACEMENT AND HARDSHIP AFTER WORLD WAR II
Chapter 8: Flight from East to West Germany 1945–1962: Personal, Political, and Economic Causes
Helga W. Kraft
Chapter 9: Internment and Escape from Yugoslavia to Germany and the United States (1944–1950): A Personal History of a Donauschwaben Refugee
Elizabeth B. Walter
Chapter 10: Our Future is Compassion: Working through the Trauma of a Childhood in Polish Camps and Expulsion to the West (1945–1949)
Martha Kent
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index
Chapter 1: A Timely Departure: From Czechoslovakia to Palestine and the US in Letters, Diaries,and Recollections (1939)
George Guttmann
Chapter 2: (Re)Writing the French Summer Exodus of 1940 from Northern to Southwestern France
Marie-Claire Rohinsky
Chapter 3: Shifting Identities and Displacement in Germany and Poland (1938–1945): The Films Europa, Europaand The Pianist
Karen A. Ritzenhoff
ESCAPING THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIED FORCES
Chapter 4: Narratives of War, Flight, and Survival in Pomerania, Czechoslovakia, Siberia, and the Baltic Sea (1940–1949)
Herbert Arnold
Chapter 5: Intersections of Class, Gender, Loyalty, and Altruism in German Flight Memoirs of the Privileged
Martha Kaarsberg Wallach
Chapter 6: Cologne and Other Ruins: Dislocation in a Narrative of Flight from Holland to Switzerland
Harold Schweizer
Chapter 7 Flight from Romania to Austria and the United States (1944–1953): Trauma and Visual Representation
Susanna Stachler Tschurtz
DISPLACEMENT AND HARDSHIP AFTER WORLD WAR II
Chapter 8: Flight from East to West Germany 1945–1962: Personal, Political, and Economic Causes
Helga W. Kraft
Chapter 9: Internment and Escape from Yugoslavia to Germany and the United States (1944–1950): A Personal History of a Donauschwaben Refugee
Elizabeth B. Walter
Chapter 10: Our Future is Compassion: Working through the Trauma of a Childhood in Polish Camps and Expulsion to the West (1945–1949)
Martha Kent
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index