Lawrence L. Langer
By Lawrence L. Langer
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Culture Cataloguing the ‘Missed Destiny of Death’
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume II Edited by Martin Dean Geoffrey P. Megargee, General Editor Indiana University Press, 2,036 pages, $236 Over the past two decades, a number of essential works have contributed to both our knowledge of the Nazi regime during World War II and its plans to conquer Europe and eventually…
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Culture The Erosion of the Holocaust
THE END OF THE HOLOCAUST By Alvin H. Rosenfeld Indiana University Press, 328 pages, $29.95 The impact of the Holocaust on contemporary culture has been enormous; less recognized has been the impact of contemporary culture on what we think of as “the Holocaust.” The main thrust of Alvin Rosenfeld’s “The End of the Holocaust” is…
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News Notes From Underground
Journey Through the Inferno By Adam Boren Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 200 pages, $15.95. * * *| Yesterday: My Story By Hadassah Rosensaft United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 207 pages, $15.95. * * *| A principal value of Holocaust survivor memoirs is that they focus on the victim as subject rather than object. They…
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