Search for dissertations about: "Holocaust survivors"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Holocaust survivors.

  2. 1. Children in the Holocaust : dealing with affects and memory images in trauma and generational linking

    Author : Suzanne Kaplan; Siv Boalt; Dori Laub; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Holocaust survivors; Psychic trauma; Förintelsen; Förintelsens överlevande; Psykiska trauman; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  4. 2. "Chorus of the Saved" : Constructing the Holocaust Survivor in Swedish Public Discourse, 1943-1966

    Author : Kristin Wagrell; Malin Thor Tureby; Bodil Axelsson; Johanna Dahlin; Zoë Waxman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Holocaust; Survivors; Gender; Witnessing; Victimization; Silence; Excess;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I examine how the Holocaust survivor has been constructed in Swedish public discourse during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. This is done using a Foucauldian-inspired genealogical method through which an eclectic collection of sources—newsreels, films, radio programs, television programs and newspaper articles—is analyzed. READ MORE

  5. 3. Afterlives : Jewish and Non-Jewish Polish Survivors of Nazi Persecution in Sweden Documenting Nazi Atrocities, 1945-1946

    Author : Victoria Van Orden Martínez; Malin Thor Tureby; Johanna Dahlin; Tony Kushner; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Polish Research Institute; Holocaust documentation; Postwar justice; Polish-Jewish relations; Survivors of Nazi persecution; Refugees displaced persons; Migrant knowledge; Gender; Agency vulnerability; Transnational histories; Holocaust aftermath studies; Polska källinstitutet; Dokumentation om Förintelsen; Rättsskipning efter kriget; Polsk-judiska relationer. Överlevande; Nazisternas förföljelse; Flyktingar; Fördrivna personer; Migrantkunskap; Könnstillhörighet; Agens; Sårbarhet; Transnationella historier; Studier om Förintelsens efterverkningar;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines how Jewish and non-Jewish Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who came to Sweden in 1945 as ‘repatriates’ and were associated with the Polish Research Institute in Lund, Sweden (PIZ) were engaged in transnational social and political processes during the early postwar period, including documenting Nazi persecution and contributing to postwar humanitarian and justice efforts. PIZ, a transnational initiative that documented the experiences of Polish survivors of Nazi persecution for history and justice in 1945 and 1946, was one of the few such initiatives undertaken by survivors who were refugees in a country not directly involved in the Second World War. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Mention to Those not Mentioned : Yizkor Books and Holocaust Memory 1943–2008

    Author : Lior Becker; Tomislav Dulić; Lars M Andersson; Tim Cole; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Israel; USA; Holocaust memory; collective memory; Yizkor books; commemoration; remembrance; memory culture; Historia; History;

    Abstract : Yizkor books are communal memorial books commemorating Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust, produced as a result of communal activity. This study analyses the production and function of Yizkor books. READ MORE

  7. 5. Yellow Stars and Trouser Inspections : Jewish Testimonies from Hungary, 1920–1945

    Author : Laura Palosuo; Maria Ågren; Lars M. Andersson; Karin Hassan Jansson; Tim Cole; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Jewish history; Hungary; survivor testimonies; experiences; Holocaust; discrimination; antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation; persecution; genocide; interwar period; Second World War; gender; age; social class; geographical location; intersectionality; oral history; Historia; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This study analyzes narratives of individual Jewish experiences of discrimination and genocidal violence in Hungary during the period of 1920–1945. The aim is to increase our knowledge and understanding of the events through an investigation of survivor testimonies concerning anti-Jewish laws and the Holocaust. READ MORE