Survivor Transitional Narratives of Nazi-Era Destruction : The Second Liberation.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Unseen -- 1. Traumatic Memories and Historical Memories -- Witnesses' accounts after atrocity -- Counter-narratives: Omnipotent and impotent -- The vocation of counter-narratives -- 2. Historical Emotions -- Narratives of encounters -- Ancestral memories -- Shock of recognition -- 3. Narrative Disclosure: Jean Améry -- Resentments -- Narrative swerves -- Possibilities -- 4. Betrayal and Its Vicissitudes -- Mapping betrayal -- Counter-narratives of betrayal -- Afterlife -- 5. Critical Forgiveness -- The riddle of disproportion -- Semantic confusion -- Non-ideal forgiveness -- 6. Deep Transitions: A Conclusion Resisting Finality -- Future imperfect -- Witnesses and transitions -- Conceptual divergence -- The negotiable society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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