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Oxford University Press
Golden Harvest
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Oxford University Press
Oprawa: Twarda
Opis
It seems at first commonplace: a photograph of peasants at harvest time, after work well done, resting contentedly with their tools, behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices that what seemed innocent on first view becomes horrific: the crops scattered in front of the group are skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? The starting point of Jan Gross's A Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--"diggers" atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some 800,000 Jews were gassed and cremated. The diggers are hoping to find gold and precious stones that Nazi executioners may have overlooked. The story captured in this grainy black-and-white photograph symbolizes the vast, continent-wide plunder of Jewish wealth. The seizure of Jewish assets during World War II occasionally generates widespread attention when Swiss banks are challenged to produce lists of dormant accounts, or national museums are forced to return stolen paintings. The theft of this wealth was not limited to conquering armies, leading banks, and museums, but to local populations such as those pictured in the photograph. Based upon a simple group shot, this moving book evokes the depth and range, as well as the intimacy, of the final solution. Rarely can a book of such short length have touched on such large questions about history, memory, and human behaviour in dark times. David Cesarani, Literary Review While British academics anxiously ruminate on how to demonstrate their 'impact' on the wider world to earn government funding, Jan Gross provides a powerful example of a scholar who has shaped a nation's collective self-understanding. Times Literary SupplementPREFACE - BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH ; - The Killing Field 1 ; - Digging in the Killing Fields 2
Szczegóły
Rok wydania
2012
Oprawa
Twarda
Ilość stron
144
ISBN
9780199731671
EAN
9780199731671
Kraj produkcji
PL
Producent
GPSR Oxford University Press Espana S.A.
Avenida de Castilla, 2
28022 El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares
PL
916602600
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28022 El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares
PL
916602600
[email protected]
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