The Forgotten Massacre : Budapest in 1944 /
The book discusses a formerly unknown and invisible massacre in Budapest in 1944, committed by a paramilitary group lead by a women. Andrea Pető uncovers the gripping history of the fi rst private Holocaust memorial erected in Budapest in 1945. Based on court trials, interviews with survivors, perpe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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München ; Wien :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book discusses a formerly unknown and invisible massacre in Budapest in 1944, committed by a paramilitary group lead by a women. Andrea Pető uncovers the gripping history of the fi rst private Holocaust memorial erected in Budapest in 1945. Based on court trials, interviews with survivors, perpetrators, and investigators, the book illustrates the complexities of gendered memory of violence. It examines the dramatic events: massacre, deportation, robbery, homecoming, and fi ght for memorialization from the point of view of the perpetrators and the survivors. The book will change the ways we look at intimate killings during the Second World-War. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 189 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 3110687550 9783110687552 9783110687590 3110687593 |