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Translated Memories

Transgenerational Perspectives on the Holocaust

Bettina Hofmann (Anthology Editor) , Ursula Reuter (Anthology Editor) , Anne Ranasinghe (Contributor) , Bettina Hofmann (Contributor) , Ursula Reuter (Contributor) , Carol Ascher (Contributor) ,
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Translated Memories

Transgenerational Perspectives on the Holocaust

Bettina Hofmann (Anthology Editor) , Ursula Reuter (Anthology Editor) , Anne Ranasinghe (Contributor) , Bettina Hofmann (Contributor) , Ursula Reuter (Contributor) , Carol Ascher (Contributor) ,
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Description

This volume engages with memory of the Holocaust as expressed in literature, film, and other media. It focuses on the cultural memory of the second and third generations of Holocaust survivors, while also taking into view those who were children during the Nazi period. Language loss, language acquisition, and the multiple needs of translation are recurrent themes for all of the authors discussed. By bringing together authors and scholars (often both) from different generations, countries, and languages, and focusing on transgenerational and translational issues, this book presents multiple perspectives on the subject of Holocaust memory, its impact, and its ongoing worldwide communication.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: On Taking Renuka to Her First Concert
Anne Ranasinghe

Introduction
Bettina Hofmann and Ursula Reuter

Part I
Language and Memory

01
The Tongue in Exile
Carol Ascher

02
Translating Oral Memory and Visual Media in Ida Fink's “Traces”
Daniel Feldman

03
Lies of Ulysses in the Forgotten Camps: French Accounts by Mittelbau-Dora Survivors and Their Uses in Memory Politics
Bruno Arich-Gerz

04
French Canada as a Site of Holocaust Representation
Rebecca Margolis

Part II
Making Sense of the Parents' Holocaust History

05
Intimate Horror: Memorializing my Mother's Holocaust
Doron Ben-Atar

06
Invisible Ink: The Limits of Recovery
Julia Epstein and Lori Hope Lefkovitz

07
The Impact of the Shoah on One Scholar's Journey: An Autobiographical Reflection
Steven Leonard Jacobs

08
Against Forgetting: An Essay in Three Parts
Elizabeth Rosner

Part III
1.5 Generation

09
Hebrew as “Remedy” to the Shoah in Dan Pagis' Poetry
Federico Dal Bo

Product details

Published Feb 26 2020
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 404
ISBN 9781793606075
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 b/w illustrations;9 b/w photos;
Series Bloomsbury Studies in Jewish Literature
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

BH
Anthology Editor

Bettina Hofmann

Bettina Hofmann teaches American studies at the Un…

UR
Anthology Editor

Ursula Reuter

Ursula Reuter is director of Germania Judaica, K&o…

AR
Contributor

Anne Ranasinghe

BH
Contributor

Bettina Hofmann

Bettina Hofmann teaches American studies at the Un…

UR
Contributor

Ursula Reuter

Ursula Reuter is director of Germania Judaica, K&o…

CA
Contributor

Carol Ascher

DF
Contributor

Daniel Feldman

BA
Contributor

Bruno Arich-Gerz

RM
Contributor

Rebecca Margolis

Rebecca Margolis is Pratt Foundation Chair of Jewi…

DB
Contributor

Doron Ben-Atar

JE
Contributor

Julia Epstein

LL
Contributor

Lori Hope Lefkovitz

SJ
Contributor

Steven Leonard Jacobs

ER
Contributor

Elizabeth Rosner

FB
Contributor

Federico Dal Bo

CH
Contributor

Christoph Houswitschka

NS
Contributor

Naomi Shmuel

JS
Contributor

Joseph Swann

RA
Contributor

Richard Aronowitz

CH
Contributor

Christoph Heyl

VA
Contributor

Victoria Aarons

ML
Contributor

Maria Roca Lizarazu

YM
Contributor

Yael Munk

LG
Contributor

Lilian Gergely

SL
Contributor

Sue Lieberman

DK
Contributor

Dani Kranz

PW
Contributor

Peter Wortsman

Reviews

  • Translated Memories grew out of a conference held in Essen, Germany, in July 2015. As editors Hofmann (Univ. of Wuppertal, Germany) and Reuter (Germania Judaica, Cologne Library on the History of German Jewry) state in the introduction, their “interest is in specific cases of Holocaust memory as expressed in different languages and media by members of the second and third generations of Holocaust survivors." Another crucial point of interest for them "is the mode of translation ... [understood] both literally and metaphorically.” The resulting 22 essays are groundbreaking in their conceptual diversity, many of them insightful and well researched and enriched by, and sometimes paired with, compelling personal stories by the children and grandchildren of survivors. The existing literature on Holocaust memory is already vast, yet these essays put forth new and invaluable ideas that seek to answer how "later-born authors approach memories transmitted by surviving family members.” Of particular note are the five essays in part 4 (“Objects and What to Make of Them”), which look at the special significance of memories carried by simple objects handed down through generations. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty.

    Choice Reviews

  • This book is a groundbreaking addition to two emergent fields: the study of the linguistic and cultural translation of Holocaust texts, and the study of intergenerational memory. It is a must-read for scholars in the field.

    Andrea Hammel, co-editor of Translating Holocaust Lives

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