Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
This article examines how the Holocaust survivors from Romania represented and reinterpreted the notions of resistance and collaboration. Overall, it seems that the treatment of the Holocaust in post-WWII public opinion and scholarship influenced the way survivors represented the Holocaust. For many years, resistance was equated with ‘heroic’ armed struggle. Gradually, the perspective of the Holocaust began to change, and new interpretations enlarging the concept of resistance have since emerged. The issue of Jewish collaboration with the Nazis has also triggered heated debates. Due to changing social and political contexts, new interpretations focusing on the difficulties and moral dilemmas faced by the Jews have started to emerge.
Recommended Citation
Ionescu, Ştefan. “The Dynamic Concepts of Resistance and Collaboration in post-Holocaust Remembrance: Revisiting the Personal Narratives of Jewish survivors from Romania,” Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review IX, No. 2 (2009): 259-271.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Studia Politica
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Comments
This article was originally published in Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, volume IX, issue 2, in 2009.