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This study deepens our historical understanding of the North-African Jewish and Middle Eastern Jewish experience during WWII, which is often under- or mis-represented by the media in Israel, the Arab world, France, and Italy. Public, historical and sociocultural discourse is examined to clarify whether these communities are accepted by the world as "Holocaust survivors". Further, it determines the extent to which their wartime history is revealed to Israeli society in its cultural performances. Importantly, this work addresses the reasons why the Holocaust of North African Jewry is absent from Israeli and world consciousness. Finally, the study contemplates the consequences of these phenomena for Israeli society as well as in the colonial countries of France and Italy.
"In addition to using academic resources, Golan captures this history from the margins by utilizing audio-visual and artistic media in addition to evidence recorded on community heritage websites, Facebook, and other online social networks. Golan’s book demonstrates that there is a moral imperative to preserve and transmit these memories of persecution and discrimination..."
-David B Levy, Touro College, NYC, Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews 1.2 (2019)
"In addition to using academic resources, Golan captures this history from the margins by utilizing audio-visual and artistic media in addition to evidence recorded on community heritage websites, Facebook, and other online social networks. Golan’s book demonstrates that there is a moral imperative to preserve and transmit these memories of persecution and discrimination..."
-David B Levy, Touro College, NYC, Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews 1.2 (2019)
Price: $238.00
Pages: 242
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Series in Jewish Studies
Publication Date:
04 April 2019
ISBN: 9789004395619
Format: Hardcover
"Yvonne Kozlovsky Golan’s book, Site of Amnesia, enriches our understanding, expands the possibilities for new research, and provides insight into how this unique aspect of the war was addressed and commemorated in film and television over the years."
- Haim Saadoun, The Open University of Israel, in Antisemitism Studies 6.1 (2022)
- Haim Saadoun, The Open University of Israel, in Antisemitism Studies 6.1 (2022)
Yvonne Kozlovsky Golan, Ph.D. (2003), University of Haifa, is Senior Lecturer and founding chair of the Interdisciplinary Program for Culture and Film Studies at that university. Her research focuses on history, cinema and media, especially relating to Israel studies, Holocaust and genocide.