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This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single
volume on the history and memory of the Holocaust in Britain. It
traces the complex relationship between Britain and the destruction
of Europe's Jews, from societal and political responses to
persecution in the 1930s, through formal reactions to war and
genocide, to works of representation and remembrance in post-war
Britain. Through this process the handbook not only updates
existing historiography of Britain and the Holocaust; it also adds
new dimensions to our understanding by exploring the constant
interface and interplay of history and memory. The chapters bring
together internationally renowned academics and talented younger
scholars. Collectively, they examine a raft of themes and issues
concerning the actions of contemporaries to the Holocaust, and the
responses of those who came 'after'. At a time when the
Holocaust-related activity in Britain proceeds apace, the
contributors to this handbook highlight the importance of rooting
what we know and understand about Britain and the Holocaust in
historical actuality. This, the volume suggests, is the only way to
respond meaningfully to the challenges posed by the Holocaust and
ensure that the memory of it has purpose.
Despite narratives of secularization, it appears that the British
public persistently pay attention to clerical opinion and
continually resort to popular expressions of religious faith, not
least in time of war. From the throngs of men who gathered to hear
the Bishop of London preach recruiting sermons during the First
World War, to the attention paid to Archbishop Williams' words of
conscience on Iraq, clerical rhetoric remains resonant. For the
countless numbers who attended National Days of Prayer during the
Second World War, and for the many who continue to find the
Remembrance Day service a meaningful ritual, civil religious events
provide a source of meaningful ceremony and a focus of national
unity. War and religion have been linked throughout the twentieth
century and this book explores these links: taking the perspective
of the 'home front' rather than the battlefield. Exploring the
views and accounts of Anglican clerics on the issue of warfare and
international conflict across the century, the authors explore the
church's stance on the causes, morality and conduct of warfare;
issues of pacifism, obliteration bombing, nuclear possession and
deterrence, retribution, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the
spiritual opportunities presented by conflict. This book offers
invaluable insights into how far the Church influenced public
appraisal of war whilst illuminating the changing role of the
Church across the twentieth century.
Despite narratives of secularization, it appears that the British
public persistently pay attention to clerical opinion and
continually resort to popular expressions of religious faith, not
least in time of war. From the throngs of men who gathered to hear
the Bishop of London preach recruiting sermons during the First
World War, to the attention paid to Archbishop Williams' words of
conscience on Iraq, clerical rhetoric remains resonant. For the
countless numbers who attended National Days of Prayer during the
Second World War, and for the many who continue to find the
Remembrance Day service a meaningful ritual, civil religious events
provide a source of meaningful ceremony and a focus of national
unity. War and religion have been linked throughout the twentieth
century and this book explores these links: taking the perspective
of the 'home front' rather than the battlefield. Exploring the
views and accounts of Anglican clerics on the issue of warfare and
international conflict across the century, the authors explore the
church's stance on the causes, morality and conduct of warfare;
issues of pacifism, obliteration bombing, nuclear possession and
deterrence, retribution, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the
spiritual opportunities presented by conflict. This book offers
invaluable insights into how far the Church influenced public
appraisal of war whilst illuminating the changing role of the
Church across the twentieth century.
"Debates on the Holocaust" is the first attempt to survey the
development of Holocaust historiography for a generation. It
analyses the development of history writing on the destruction of
the European Jews from just before the end of the Second World War
to the present day, and argues forcefully that history writing is
as much about the present as it is the past. The book guides the
reader through the major debates in Holocaust historiography and
shows how all of these controversies are as much products of their
own time as they are attempts to uncover the past. "Debates on the
Holocaust" will appeal to sixth form and undergraduate students and
their teachers, Holocaust historians and anyone interested in
either the destruction of the European Jews or in the process by
which we access and understand the past.
Little more than seventy years after the British settled Van
Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, the indigenous community
had been virtually wiped out. Yet this genocide at the hands of the
British is virtually forgotten today. The Last Man is the first
book specifically to explore the role of the British government and
wider British society in this genocide. It positions the
destruction as a consequence of British policy, and ideology in the
region. Tom Lawson shows how Britain practised cultural destruction
and then came to terms with and evaded its genocidal imperial past.
Although the introduction of European diseases undoubtedly
contributed to the decline in the indigenous population, Lawson
shows that the British government supported what was effectively
the ethnic cleansing of Tasmania - particularly in the period of
martial law in 1828-1832. By 1835 the vast majority of the
surviving indigenous community had been deported to Flinders
Island, where the British government took a keen interest in the
attempt to transform them into Christians and Englishmen in a
campaign of cultural genocide. Lawson also illustrates the ways in
which the destruction of indigenous Tasmanians was reflected in
British culture - both at the time and since - and how it came to
play a key part in forging particular versions of British imperial
identity. Laments for the lost Tasmanians were a common theme in
literary and museum culture, and the mistaken assumption that
Tasmanians were doomed to complete extinction was an important part
of the emerging science of human origins. By exploring the memory
of destruction, The Last Man provides the first comprehensive
picture of the British role in the destruction of the Tasmanian
Aboriginal population.
This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single
volume on the history and memory of the Holocaust in Britain. It
traces the complex relationship between Britain and the destruction
of Europe's Jews, from societal and political responses to
persecution in the 1930s, through formal reactions to war and
genocide, to works of representation and remembrance in post-war
Britain. Through this process the handbook not only updates
existing historiography of Britain and the Holocaust; it also adds
new dimensions to our understanding by exploring the constant
interface and interplay of history and memory. The chapters bring
together internationally renowned academics and talented younger
scholars. Collectively, they examine a raft of themes and issues
concerning the actions of contemporaries to the Holocaust, and the
responses of those who came 'after'. At a time when the
Holocaust-related activity in Britain proceeds apace, the
contributors to this handbook highlight the importance of rooting
what we know and understand about Britain and the Holocaust in
historical actuality. This, the volume suggests, is the only way to
respond meaningfully to the challenges posed by the Holocaust and
ensure that the memory of it has purpose.
A challenging interpretation both of the Holocaust and its wider
context, and the Church of England's role during the period. This
is the first book to consider the Anglican church's response to the
Nazi persecution and then murder of Europe's Jews. Acting as a
critique of the historiography of the 'bystanders' to the
Holocaust, it reveals a community that struggled to understand the
depravity of Nazi anti-semitism. The author outlines Anglican
attitudes to war, anti-semitism and many related issues,
demonstrating the extent and the limits of the Church's engagement
with Europeanpolitics, and shows how Christian interpretations of
Nazi persecution contributed to much wider assumptions about
Germany and German history in Britain during the war years. He then
moves on to the post-war world, indicating theimportant role played
by the Church of England in forging memories of the Nazi era and
especially the suffering of Europe's Jews. Overall, this book
offers a challenging new interpretation of the Holocaust and its
wider context, and of the history of the Church of England and its
role in the intellectual life of the nation.Dr TOM LAWSON teaches
in the Department of History, University of Winchester.
Using real social work examples written specifically to ally
student fears Research and Statistics for Social Workers brings
research and statistics together bridging the gap to practice. This
book covers - conceptualization, ethics, cultural competence,
design, qualitative research, individual and program evaluation as
well as nonparametric and parametric statistical tests. The tests
are explained narratively, mathematically as well as with a
comprehensive step-by-step, fully illustrated SPSS computer
analysis of social work data.
A number of books have been written on the death camp of Treblinka,
but The Treblinka Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance is
unique. Webb and Chocolaty present the definitive account of one of
history's most infamous factories of death where approximately
800,000 people lost their lives. The Nazis who ran it, the
Ukrainian guards and maids, the Jewish survivors and the Poles
living in the camp's shadow -- every angle is covered in this
astonishingly comprehensive work. The book attempts to provide a
Roll of Remembrance with biographies of the Jews who perished in
the death camp as well as of those who escaped from Treblinka in
individual efforts or as part of the mass prisoner uprising on 2
August 1943. It also includes unique and previously unpublished
sketches of the camp's ramp area and gas chamber, drawn by the
survivors. For this second, revised edition, the authors
incorporated new information and provided sources for the Jewish
Roll of Remembrance. A significant number of new entries have been
added. The Roll of Remembrance has also been greatly expanded to
include the names of Jews deported from Germany to Treblinka. In
addition, more names have been added to the Perpetrators
biographies, and other entries have also been enhanced with
additional information.
Using real social work examples written specifically to ally
student fears Research and Statistics for Social Workers brings
research and statistics together bridging the gap to practice. This
book covers - conceptualization, ethics, cultural competence,
design, qualitative research, individual and program evaluation as
well as nonparametric and parametric statistical tests. The tests
are explained narratively, mathematically as well as with a
comprehensive step-by-step, fully illustrated SPSS computer
analysis of social work data.
Little more than seventy years after the British settled Van
Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, the indigenous community
had been virtually wiped out. Yet this genocide at the hands of the
British is virtually forgotten today. The Last Man is the first
book specifically to explore the role of the British government and
wider British society in this genocide. It positions the
destruction as a consequence of British policy, and ideology in the
region. Tom Lawson shows how Britain practised cultural destruction
and then came to terms with and evaded its genocidal imperial past.
Although the introduction of European diseases undoubtedly
contributed to the decline in the indigenous population, Lawson
shows that the British government supported what was effectively
the ethnic cleansing of Tasmania - particularly in the period of
martial law in 1828-1832. By 1835 the vast majority of the
surviving indigenous community had been deported to Flinders
Island, where the British government took a keen interest in the
attempt to transform them into Christians and Englishmen in a
campaign of cultural genocide. Lawson also illustrates the ways in
which the destruction of indigenous Tasmanians was reflected in
British culture - both at the time and since - and how it came to
play a key part in forging particular versions of British imperial
identity. Laments for the lost Tasmanians were a common theme in
literary and museum culture, and the mistaken assumption that
Tasmanians were doomed to complete extinction was an important part
of the emerging science of human origins. By exploring the memory
of destruction, The Last Man provides the first comprehensive
picture of the British role in the destruction of the Tasmanian
Aboriginal population.
This collection brings together a number of cutting edge Holocaust
histories written by younger scholars and includes an introduction
reflecting on the role of 'the local' in Holocaust studies. In
doing so, the book emphasizes seeking local answers to global
questions on the origins of genocide. As such, it mirrors the
tendency in Holocaust Studies to draw a picture - on a very local
canvas - of how the Holocaust developed. The contributions offer
new and detailed empirical investigations of the Holocaust from
across occupied Europe - from 'aryanization policy' in Bucharest to
the role of the indigenous population in the Hungarian countryside,
right up to a consideration of the operation of Holocaust memory in
contemporary Poland. The Holocaust and Local History demonstrates
the enduring vibrancy of contemporary Holocaust studies.
This collection of essays considers the development of Holocaust
memory in Australia since 1945. Bringing together the work of
younger and more established scholars, the volume examines
Holocaust memory in a variety of local and national contexts from
both inside and outside of Australia's Jewish communities. The
articles presented here emanate from a variety of different
disciplinary perspectives, from history through literary, cultural
and museum studies. This collection considers both the general
development of Holocaust memory, engaging historically with
particular moments when the Shoah punctuated public perceptions of
the recent past, as well as its representation and memorialisation
in contemporary Australia. A detailed introduction discusses the
relationship between the Australian case and the general
development of Holocaust memory in the Western world, asking
whether we need to revise the assumptions of what have become the
rather staid narratives of the journey of the Shoah
This collection of essays considers the development of Holocaust
memory in Australia since 1945. Bringing together the work of
younger and more established scholars, the volume examines
Holocaust memory in a variety of local and national contexts from
both inside and outside of Australia's Jewish communities. The
articles presented here emanate from a variety of different
disciplinary perspectives, from history through literary, cultural
and museum studies. This collection considers both the general
development of Holocaust memory, engaging historically with
particular moments when the Shoah punctuated public perceptions of
the recent past, as well as its representation and memorialisation
in contemporary Australia. A detailed introduction discusses the
relationship between the Australian case and the general
development of Holocaust memory in the Western world, asking
whether we need to revise the assumptions of what have become the
rather staid narratives of the journey of the Shoah
This book is the definitive account of one of history's most
infamous death factories, where approximately 800,000 people lost
their lives. From the Nazis who ran it to the Ukrainian guards and
maids, the Jewish survivors, and the Poles living in the camp's
shadow -- this text represents every perspective. It provides
biographies of the Jews who perished in the death camp as well as
those who escaped from Treblinka in individual efforts or as part
of the mass prisoner uprising on August 2, 1943. It also includes
unique and previously unpublished sketches of the camp's ramp area
and gas chamber, drawn by survivors.
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