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Author:

Sliwa, Joanna, author.

Title:

Jewish childhood in Kraków : a microhistory of the Holocaust / Joanna Sliwa.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

ix, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Jewish children--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Kraków.--Kraków.
Children and war--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Kraków.--Kraków.
Jews--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
Jewish ghettos--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
Kraków (Poland)--Ethnic relations--20th century.
Enfants juifs--Cracovie--Cracovie--Histoire--20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Enfants--Cracovie.--Cracovie.
Enfants et guerre--Cracovie--Cracovie--Histoire--20e siècle.
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Cracovie.--Cracovie.
Juifs--Cracovie--Cracovie--Histoire--20e siècle.
Ghettos--Cracovie--Cracovie--Histoire--20e siècle.
Children.
Children and war.
Ethnic relations.
Jewish children.
Jewish ghettos.
Jews.
Poland--Kraków.
Jewish children--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Kraków.--Kraków.
Children and war--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Krakow.--Krakow.
Jews--Krakow--Krakow--History--20th century.
Jewish ghettos--Kraków--Kraków--History--20th century.
Krakow (Poland)--Ethnic relations--20th century.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Navigating shifts in German-occupied Kraków -- Chapter 2: Adapting to life inside the ghetto -- Chapter 3: Clandestine activities by and on behalf of children -- Chapter 4: Child welfare: continuity and change -- Chapter 5: Concealed presence in the camp -- Chapter 6: Survival through hiding and flight.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1978822944
9781978822948
1978822936
9781978822931

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1226857138

LCCN:

2020050917

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)