Meng, Michael.

Shattered Spaces : Encountering Jewish Ruins in Postwar Germany and Poland. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (368 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Confronting the Spoils of Genocide -- 2. Clearing Jewish Rubble -- 3. Erasing the Jewish Past -- 4. Restoring Jewish Ruins -- 5. Reconstructing the Jewish Past -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

After the Holocaust, the empty, silent spaces of bombed-out synagogues, cemeteries, and Jewish districts were all that was left of Jewish life in many German and Polish cities. What happened to this scarred landscape after the war, and how Germans, Poles, and Jews encountered these ruins over the past sixty years, is the story this book tells.

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Jews-Germany-History-1945-1990.
Jews-Germany-History-1990-.
Jews-Poland-History-20th century.
Jews-Poland-History-21st century.
Collective memory and city planning-Germany.
Collective memory and city planning-Poland.
Memory-Social aspects-Germany.
Memory-Social aspects-Poland.
Memorialization-Germany.
Memorialization-Poland.


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