Jewish childhood in Kraków : a microhistory of the Holocaust /

Jewish childhood in Kraków : a microhistory of the Holocaust /

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Author / Creator:	Sliwa, Joanna, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Description:	ix, 204 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Jewish children -- Poland -- Kraków -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland -- Kraków. Children and war -- Poland -- Kraków -- History -- 20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Kraków. Jews -- Poland -- Kraków -- History -- 20th century. Jewish ghettos -- Poland -- Kraków -- History -- 20th century. Children. Children and war. Ethnic relations. Jewish children. Jewish ghettos. Jews. Kraków (Poland) -- Ethnic relations -- 20th century. Poland -- Kraków. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12769807

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ISBN:	9781978822931 1978822936 9781978822948 1978822944 9781978822955 9781978822962 9781978822979
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Jewish Childhood in Kraków is the first history to tell the wartime history of Kraków through the lens of Jewish children's experiences. Historian Joanna Sliwa examines what children under 14 years old experienced when the second World War broke out. How did they cope? What roles did they take on? In this story, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously. Sliwa scours archives on three continents to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German army, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves. It is through the children and their recollections that this book explores the events and processes that framed the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland in general, and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times. It illuminates the complex relations between Jews and non-Jews in response to the Holocaust in Kraków and in German-occupied Poland more broadly. And it offers a window onto human relations and ethnic tensions in times of rampant violence. Ultimately, Jewish Childhood in Kraków is an effort both to understand the past and to reflect on the position and responses of young people during humanitarian crises"--

Table of Contents:

Note on Terminology
Introduction
1. Navigating Shifts in the City
2. Adapting to Life inside the Ghetto
3. Clandestine Activities
4. Child Welfare
5. Concealed Presence in the Camp
6. Survival through Hiding and Flight
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Used in Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index