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New beginnings : Holocaust survivors in Bergen-Belsen and the British zone in Germany, 1945-1950
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- Creator
- Hagit Lavsky
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2002]
- ©2002
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- 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0814330096, 9780814330098
- OCLC
- ocm47803842
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
- The Occupation Administration 15 -- Economic Conditions and Population Movements 16 -- Occupation Policy and the Foundation of the Federal Republic 19 -- Reparations, Restitution, and Indemnification 23 -- 1. The Jewish Remnant in Germany 27 -- Estimates for Jewish Survivors in Germany Demographic Profile of the Jewish Survivors in Germany 29 -- Jewish Population Growth in Germany 32 -- 2. The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen 37 -- Bergen-Belsen as a Death Camp The Aftermath 41 -- 3. The British Zone of Occupation 49 -- Population, Economy, and Occupation Policy The British Policy Regarding the Jews 51 -- The Jewish Population 55 -- 4. Jewish Organizational Efforts in Bergen-Belsen 63 -- Spontaneous Organization From Spontaneous Organizational Efforts to a National Struggle 70 -- The Establishment of a United National Front 75 -- 5. New Communities Rise from the Ashes 78 -- The German Jewish Remnant in the British Zone Motives for the Reestablishment of German Jewish Communities 82 -- Founders of the Jewish Communities 85 -- The DP Communities 87 -- 6. The Jewish World Organizations and Jewish Emissaries 91 -- British Jewry 92 -- The Palestinian Zionist Role 101 -- American Jewish Relief Agencies 106 -- 7. The Central Committee as an Instrument of Self-Government 110 -- Goals and Infrastructure Economic Control 113 -- Health Care 116 -- Culture and Education 117 -- Chief Rabbinate The Jewish Police: Self-Defense, Law, and Order 118 -- Holocaust Commemoration 120 -- The Struggle for Recognition 8. The Development of the Communities 124 -- Statistical-Demographic Synopsis Immediate Needs 127 -- Looking to the Future: Social and Cultural Roles 128 -- The Beginnings of Regional Organizations 130 -- Between Zionist Centralization and Independent Organizations 132 -- The Fusion of the Work Association with the Central Committee 134 -- From Zionist Centralization to German Jewish Separatism 137 -- 9. "Unser Dirat Arai": Society, Economy, and Culture in the Camps 141 -- Temporary Dwelling in an Ex-Territory Living Conditions 143 -- Occupational and Vocational Training 145 -- Forming Families 148 -- Communication and the Media 153 -- Arts and Leisure 157 -- The Role of Zionism, Tradition, and Politics in Sociocultural Life 161 -- 10. Looking to the Future: The Educational Program 167 -- The Children Challenge and Response: The Founding of Educational Institutions 168 -- Initiators and Teachers 170 -- Conditions and Constraints of Educational Activity 176 -- Ideology, Organization, and the Politics of Education 180 -- Jewish Education in the Communities 186 -- 11. Zionist Party Politics 189 -- The Political Front Cooperation and Solidarity with the Yishuv 196 -- Aliyah: The Focus of Zionist Activity 197 -- The Zionist Organization 199 -- The Shift from a Zionist to a General Nationalist Agenda 202 -- 12. End and New Beginnings 204 -- Emigration and Aliyah Closing the Bergen-Belsen DP Camp 210 -- Jews in Germany after Liquidation 212 -- Conclusion: The She'erit Hapletah and Jewish Nationalism in the Post-Holocaust Era 215