"Across the landscape that until 1939 housed most of the world's Jewish population, the closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals: the overturning of the East European communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement. T...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Lederhendler, Eli 1952- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	Studies in contemporary Jewry 33
Schlagworte:	Kollektives Gedächtnis Antisemitismus Politische Kultur Juden Postkommunismus Nationalismus Osteuropa Antisemitism / Europe, Central / History / 21st century Antisemitism / Europe, Eastern / History / 21st century Post-communism / Europe, Central / 21st century Post-communism / Europe, Eastern / 21st century Jews / Migrations / History / 21st century Europe, Central / Politics and government / 21st century Europe, Eastern / Politics and government / 21st century
Zusammenfassung:	"Across the landscape that until 1939 housed most of the world's Jewish population, the closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals: the overturning of the East European communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement. The legacy of the Jewish presence in those countries, as viewed from today's vantage point, and the ways in which it became enmeshed in the quest by people of the region-Jews and non-Jews alike-to secure their prospects for the future, highlighted fundamental issues about the nature and quality of the politics of memory, national identity, and the continuity and relative stability of regimes in the region. If those questions were important even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, understanding their implications now seems even more crucial. In a field fraught with conflicting narratives, the challenges of social and political reconstruction are primary concerns for peoples and governments. The experts contributing to this volume apply interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and interpret a multiplicity of post-communist social realities and aid our understanding of recent events"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	xii, 292 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9780197687215