TY - BOOK AU - Michlic,Joanna Beata TI - Jewish Families in Europe, 1939-Present: History, Representation, and Memory SN - 9781512600780 PB - Brandeis University Press KW - History / Jewish KW - bisacsh KW - History KW - Electronic books N1 - Access copy available to the general public N2 - This book offers an extensive introduction and 13 diverse essays on how World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath affected Jewish families and Jewish communities, with an especially close look at the roles played by women, youth, and children. Focusing on Eastern and Central Europe, themes explored include: how Jewish parents handled the Nazi threat; rescue and resistance within the Jewish family unit; the transformation of gender roles under duress; youth's wartime and early postwar experiences; postwar reconstruction of the Jewish family; rehabilitation of Jewish children and youth; and the role of Zionism in shaping the present and future of young survivors.Relying on newly available archival material and novel research in the areas of families, youth, rescue, resistance, gender, and memory, this volume will be an indispensable guide to current work on the familial and social history of the Holocaust UR - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/bd1417ed-764f-4477-a85c-34ae06cd5809 ER -