Screen LibraryTheresienstadt, 1941-1945 : the face of a coerced community /
"First published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H.G. Adler's Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a foundational work in the field of Holocaust studies. As the first scholarly monograph to describe the particulars of a single camp - the Jewish ghetto in the Czech city...
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Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Terezin Publishing Project, Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
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"First published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H.G. Adler's Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a foundational work in the field of Holocaust studies. As the first scholarly monograph to describe the particulars of a single camp - the Jewish ghetto in the Czech city of Terezín - it is the single most detailed and comprehensive account of any concentration camp. Adler, a survivor of the camp, organized the book into three sections: a history of the ghetto, a detailed institutional and sociological analysis of the camp, and an attempt to understand the psychology of th |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 857 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-801) and index. |
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9780521881463 0521881463 |
| Index Number: | D805 |
| CLC: | K152 |
| Call Number: | K152/A237 |
| Contents: | I. History -- 1. The Jews in the "Protectorate," 1939-1941 -- 2. Theresienstadt : history and establishment -- 3. Deportations to and from Theresienstadt -- 4. The closed camp, November 1941-July 1942 -- 5. The "Ghetto," July 1942-Summer 1943 -- 6. The "Jewish settlement area," Summer 1943-September 1944 -- 7. Decline and dissolution, September 1944-May 1945 -- II. Sociology -- 8. Administration -- 9. The transports -- 10. Population -- 11. Housing -- 12. Nutrition -- 13. Labor -- 14. Economy -- 15. Legal conditions -- 16. Health conditions -- 17. Welfare -- 18. Contact with the outside worl |