To the British in 1945 the images of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp said everything necessary to illustrate and prove the extent of Nazi barbarity, yet the grim newsreel footage and radio reports did not tell the whole story.
Over the following decades these potent representations became encrusted with myths and meanings that distorted the actuality of Belsen. Fifty years after the liberation of the camp, scholars and eyewitnesses can finally explore the extraordinary history of the camp, the experiences of the inmates and the work of the liberators. This volume presents the most authoritative recent scholarship on Belsen by British, American, German, French and Israeli historians. Drawing on documentary and oral sources in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Dutch and French, often for the first time, it challenges many stereotypes about the camp, and reinstates the groups hitherto marginalised or ignored in accounts of the camp and its liberation.
Edited by:
David Cesarani, Tony Kushner, Jo Reilly, Colin Richmond Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 498g ISBN:9780714647678 ISBN 10: 0714647675 Pages: 276 Publication Date:01 July 1997 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Edited by Cesarani, David; Kushner, Tony; Reilly, Jo; Richmond, Colin