The Jewish heroes of Warsaw : the afterlife of the revolt /

"The Jewish Heroes of Warsaw: The Afterlife of the Revolt by Avinoam J. Patt analyzes how the heroic saga of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was mythologized in a way that captured the attention of Jews around the world, allowing them to imagine what it might have been like to be there, engaged in t...

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Main Author: Patt, Avinoam J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2021]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Warsaw, A Place in Jewish History
  • 1. The Centrality of Warsaw
  • 2. News about the Destruction of European Jewry and the Uprising during WWII
  • 3. The Surviving Ghetto Fighters Write the First Draft of a History of the Revolt
  • 4. The First Anniversary of the Revolt
  • 5. Crafting a Zionist Narrative of the Revolt
  • 6. The Place of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising among the Surviving Population in Europe
  • 7. The First Published Testimonies of the Surviving Ghetto Fighters
  • 8. Literary and Artistic Representations before the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolt
  • 9. Warsaw in Israel and America, 1948-53.