Judging "Priviliged" Jews Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the "Grey Zone"
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2013.
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Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
War and Genocide. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37914790*spi |
Sumario: | The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Such controversial figures constitute an intrinsically important, frequently misunderstood, and often taboo aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on Primo Levi's concept of the "grey zone," this study analyzes the passing of moral judgment on "privileged" Jews as represented by. |
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Descripción Física: | 232 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780857459923 9781299950870 9781785336560 9780857459916 |