Postwar Jewish displacement and rebirth, 1945-1967 / / edited by Françoise S. Ouzan and Manfred Gerstenfeld.

• Superior document: Jewish Identities in a Changing World, Volume 23
• TeilnehmendeR: Ouzan, Françoise,; Gerstenfeld, Manfred,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish identities in a changing world ; Volume 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction—Diverging Groups of Jewish Displaced Persons /; Reflections on the Multinational Geography of Jews after World War II /; The Law of Return: A National Solution to an International Issue, 1945–1967 /; Health Care Services for Holocaust Survivors in Postwar Austria, 1945–1953: A Pattern of Jewish Solidarity /; Dilemmas of Minority Politics: Jewish Migrants in Postwar Czechoslovakia and Poland /; The Postwar Czech-Jewish Leadership and the Issue of Jewish Emigration from Czechoslovakia (1945–1950) /; Life during the Camps and After: Displacement and Rehabilitation of the Young Survivors /; American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors’ Return to Jewish Communal Life (1945–1952) /; A Forgotten Postwar Jewish Migration: East European Jewish Refugees and Immigrants in France, 1946–1947 /; The Postwar Renewal of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands /; Reasons for Emigration of the Jews from Poland in 1956–1959 /; Memories of a Forgotten People: A Conflict of Expectations /; The Reasons for the Departure of the Jews from Morocco 1956–1957: The Historiographical Problems /; Not Just a Language Barrier: Israel’s Media and Communication with New Immigrants in the 1950's /; Index.
• ISBN: 9004277773
• ISSN: 1570-7997
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Françoise S. Ouzan and Manfred Gerstenfeld.

This volume offers insights into the major Jewish migration movements and rebuilding of European Jewish communities in the mid-twentieth century. Its chapters illustrate many facets of the Jews’ often traumatic post-war experiences. People had to find their way when returning to their countries of origin or starting from scratch in a new land. Their experiences and hardships from country to country and from one community of migrants to another are analyzed here. The mass exodus of Jews from Arab and Muslim countries is also addressed to provide a necessary and broader insight into how those challenges were met, as both migrations were a result of persecution, as well as discrimination. This book is also available in paperback.