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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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | War and genocide.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857459923 0857459929 1299950876 9781299950870 9781785336560 1785336568 9780857459916 0857459910 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |