Endorsements

"This book sheds new light on one the most dramatic and life changing events in human history: the Holocaust of European Jewry. Consisting of compelling stories, ranging from accounts of the experience of Romanian Jews in Transnistria to Polish Jews observing religious holidays in the USSR, from the life of Jewish refugees in the Shanghai Ghetto to that of a Kapo in Auschwitz-Birkenau or of a cartoonist in New York, these chapters move beyond the mere re-telling of the Holocaust experience, revealing to us political entanglements, personal trajectories and emotional journeys. Yet it is not only pain and suffering but also trauma and memory that are the determining measures of analysis in these chapters. Above all, the authors show empathy and understanding of how people, places and lives, across time and space, have been transformed by the experience of the Holocaust. This is an engaging book, which will captivate its readers and enrich their knowledge and respect for the past." Professor Marius Turda, Oxford Brookes University