Jewish Childhood in Kraków : : A Microhistory of the Holocaust / / Joanna Sliwa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Sliwa, Joanna,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)

Winner of the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library​ Jewish Childhood in Kraków is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children’s experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously. Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times. Offering a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position of young people during humanitarian crises.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. Navigating Shifts in the City -- 2. Adapting to Life inside the Ghetto -- 3. Clandestine Activities -- 4. Child Welfare -- 5. Concealed Presence in the Camp -- 6. Survival through Hiding and Flight -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author