Yad Vashem Studies
Volume 32 of Yad Vashem Studies contributes significantly to the study of important aspects of the Holocaust.
The volume is dedicated to the memory of Emil L. Fackenheim and opens with an analysis of his seminal contribution to thought on the Holocaust (Michael Morgan).
The research section centers on two main foci:
– the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of those events
(Randolph L. Braham, Judit Molonár, Laszlo Karsai, Guy Miron, Anna Szalai, Rita Horvath), and
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Poles and Jews before, during, and after the Holocaust (Dariusz Libionka, Felicja Karay, Edward Kossoy, Natalia Aleksiun).
Articles on British Military Intelligence (Nicholas Terry) and on Jewish women in Poland under German occupation (the late Racqel Hodara), along with review articles (Joachim Neander, Michael Berenbaum, Nathan Cohen, Yaacov Lozowick, and Judith Baumel) round out this rich volume.
17X24 cm.
In association with Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and World Jewish Congress 2003
ISBN: 965-218-045-9, Cat. No. 307
248 pp., soft cover, 17X24 cm.
The book explores how developments in post-Holocaust Europe have prefigured the adversities Israel and the Jews face there today.
It shows how new antisemitism is more a continuation and development than an innovation.
The legacy of rampant antisemitism and discrimination against the Jews laid the basis for today's resurgence of European anti-Semitism.
Prof. Gerstenfeld analyzes Europe's moral attitude toward the Jews in the post-war period and defines six indicators for assessment.
In the second part of the book, 15 interviewees refer to major issues concerning the post-Holocaust period, providing perspectives on the above issues and others.
The press hailed this forthcoming book. As the author stated in an interview, “ I began to understand that all that talk about money is a sub-goal and not the main goal... I wondered what the other side had to gain, in this case the Dutch government. I understood that one of the goals was that the Netherlands' image not be damaged…”.
“Hard to imagine better timing for a book… The author is among the most well-known local researchers of antisemitism… the first person who tried to map the new methods of disseminating antisemtism in the postmodern era.”
[ Makor Rishon , December 5, 2003]
Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust – France
Dictionnaire des Justes de France
English edition
Editor-in-Chief: Israel Gutman.
Volume Editor: Lucien Lazare. 2003
Cat. No. 373 -
606 pp., hard cover, 22X28 cm
Cat. No. 311 - 600 pp., soft cover, 16X24 cm
In association with Librairie Artheme Fayard 2003
French or English edition
In the darkness of the Nazi occupation, a few lights flickered: the Righteous Among the Nations… Yad Vashem has commemorated those who risked their lives, who heeded nothing but their hearts and their human conscience, and who rescued Jews.” [Jacques Chirac, President of France].
The concept of “Righteous Among the Nations” is based on the Talmudic saying, “He who saves one human being is as if he saves an entire world.”
French edition
Over the past five decades, some 20,000 Righteous Among the Nations have been recognized by Yad Vashem.
They came from all nationalities, religious denominations, and social groups.
Each has a deeply human story that represents the preservation of human values in the midst of absolute moral collapse.
These ordinary individuals have become cultural heroes, and symbols of courage.
They are a source of hope, a role model and an inspiration.
This encyclopedia is the first in a series published by Yad Vashem containing the personal stories of each of the Righteous Among the Nations.
It presents an authentic record of some of the most moving and heroic acts of our time, and a fitting tribute to the men and women who performed them.
Edited by Carol Rittner, Stephen D. Smith
and Irena Steinfeldt
2000
ISBN: 1-857-33277-6, Cat. No. 536
290 pp., soft cover, 19X25 cm.
This source book examines the complex role played by Christian churches during the Holocaust and their responses to the deportation and extermination of Jews.
By presenting key ethical and theological issues, well-known scholars in the field from all over the world discuss the subject in depth and reflect on Christian-Jewish relations in general.
Years Wherein We Have Seen Evil
Hard cover (2 volumes)
The Fall of the Daughter of my People (Lamentations 2: 11) - a series of four volumes on the history of ultra-orthodox Jewry during the Holocaust.
The first volume deals with the Ultra-Orthodox Jewry in Germany under Nazi rule. The second volume deals with the life in the Ghettos of Poland. The third volume and the fourth volume are in preparation.
Co-authored by a team of historians under the supervision of Prof. Dan Michman at Yad Vashem in collaboration with ultra-orthodox researchers and rabbis, the series responds to the needs and sensibilities of the ultra-orthodox community and to academic criteria.
