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Book Review: The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt by Anna Hájková.
| Title: | Book Review: The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt by Anna Hájková. |
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| Authors: | Simon, Amy |
| Source: | Journal of Contemporary History; Apr2023, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p368-369, 2p |
| Abstract: | Hájková specifically argues in favour of examining the society developed in the ghetto as a I form of i human society rather than simply as an example of society's demise. Anna, Hájková The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt, New York, Oxford University Press, 2020, 364 pp.; US$34.95 hbk; ISBN 9780190051778 As Anna Hájková writes at the beginning of her book, Theresienstadt (or Terezín - the two names are used interchangeably in the book) is "the well-known, poorly understood ghetto" (p. 1). The major finding of Hájková's book is that young Czechs, especially those who were among the earliest to arrive in Terezín, held elite social status that allowed them numerous advantages in the ghetto. [Extracted from the article] |
| Subject Terms: | INNER cities, SOCIAL status, SOCIAL impact, GERMAN Jews, SOCIAL history |
| Reviews & Products: | LAST Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt, The (Book) |
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| ISSN: | 00220094 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00220094231170548b |
| Database: | Complementary Index |