Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of
Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at
the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find
missing persons and to aid survivors with restitution claims or to
reunite them with loved ones. From retracing the steps of the
'death marches' with the aim of discovering the burial sites of
those murdered across the towns and villages of Central Europe, to
knocking on doors of German foster homes to find the children of
forced labourers, Fate Unknown uncovers the history of this
remarkable archive and its more than 30 million documents. Under
the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the
tracing service became one of the most secretive of postwar
institutions, unknown even to historians of the period. Delving
deeply into the archival material, Stone examines the little-known
sub-camps and, after the war, survivors' experience of displaced
persons' camps, bringing to life remarkable stories of tracing.
Fate Unknown combs the archives to reveal the real horror of the
Holocaust by following survivors' horrific journeys through the
Nazi camp system and its aftermath. The postwar period was an age
of shortage of resources, bitterness, and revenge. Yet the ITS
tells a different story: of international collaboration, of
commitment to justice, and of helping survivors and their relatives
in the context of Cold War suspicion. These stories speak to a
remarkable attempt by the ITS, before the Holocaust was a matter of
worldwide interest, to carry out a programme of ethical repair and
to counteract some of the worst effects of the Nazis' crimes.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Dan Stone
(Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute)
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| Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
464 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-884659-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-19-884659-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780198846598 |
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