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The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt: by Anna Hájková, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, 364 pp., £14.95 (hardback), ISBN 9780190051778.
| Title: | The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt: by Anna Hájková, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, 364 pp., £14.95 (hardback), ISBN 9780190051778. |
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| Authors: | Balint, Barnabas |
| Source: | Cultural & Social History; Oct2022, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p503-505, 3p |
| Abstract: | The book begins with Hájková's description of Theresienstadt as the "well-known, poorly understood ghetto", making the case for her research and setting the stage for her exploration of how society was constructed. In so doing, Hájková reveals a society defined by inequality, one suffering intensely under Nazi policies, but whose suffering - how it was felt, to what extent, and by whom - was determined by the decisions of the Jewish administration and the social hierarchy of the ghetto. First, Hájková outlines the complex web of administration in the ghetto, mapping the hierarchies of the SS, Jewish self-administration, and how the two interacted. [Extracted from the article] |
| Subject Terms: | INNER cities, ETHNICITY, YOUNG adults |
| Company/Entity: | OXFORD University Press |
| Reviews & Products: | LAST Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt, The (Book) |
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| ISSN: | 14780038 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14780038.2022.2082086 |
| Database: | Supplemental Index |