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In the Shadows of the Holocaust and Communism

Alena Heitlinger
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Chabad Lubavitch
communist era social change
Czech Jewish
Czech Respondent
Czechoslovak Communism
de-Stalinization Period
East Central Europe
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generational memory studies
Holocaust remembrance transmission
identity formation research
International Jewish Organizations
Jewish identity under socialism
Jewish Museum
Jewish Religious Community
Jewish Representative Organizations
Jewish Social Networks
Jewish Town Hall
Jewish Youth Group
Lauder Foundation
Pinkas Synagogue
Postwar Generation
postwar Jewish communities
Prague Jewish Community
Prague Jews
Religious Secretariat
secularization assimilation dynamics
Slovak Jewry
Slovak Jews
Slovak Respondent
State Jewish Museum
Town Hall
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9781412849562
  • Weight: 362g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2012
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

When traumatic historical events and transformations coincide with one's entry into young adulthood, the personal and historical significance of life-course transitions interact and intensify. In this volume, Alena Heitlinger examines identity formation among a generation of Czech and Slovak Jews who grew up under communism, coming of age during the de-Stalinization period of 1962-1968.

Heitlinger's main focus is on the differences and similarities within and between generations, and on the changing historical and political circumstances of state socialism/communism that have shaped an individual's consciousness and identity—as a Jew, assimilated Czech, Slovak, Czechoslovak and, where relevant, as an emigre or an immigrant. The book addresses a larger set of questions about the formation of Jewish identity in the midst of political upheavals, secularization, assimilation, and modernity: Who is a Jew? How is Jewish identity defined? How does Jewish identity change based on different historical contexts? How is Jewish identity transmitted from one generation to the next? What do the Czech and Slovak cases tell us about similar experiences in other former communist countries, or in established liberal democracies?

Heitlinger explores the official and unofficial transmission of Holocaust remembering (and non-remembering), the role of Jewish youth groups, attitudes toward Israel and Zionism, and the impact of the collapse of communism. This volume is rich in both statistical and archival data and in its analysis of historical, institutional, and social factors. Heitlinger's wide-ranging approach shows how history, generational, and individual biography intertwine in the formation of ethnic identity and its ambiguities.
About Alena Heitlinger
Alena Heitlinger is professor of sociology at Trent University in Canada. She is the author of Women's Equality, Demography and Public Policies , and co-author (with Susanna Trnka) of Young Women of Prague . She is the editor of Emigre Feminism: Transnational Perspectives .

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