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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009100084
ISBN-139781009100083
eBay Product ID (ePID)4057248462
Product Key Features
Book TitleAtrocity of Hunger : Starvation in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Krakow Ghettos During World War II
Number of Pages300 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAsia / General, Europe / General
Publication Year2023
FeaturesNew Edition
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorHelene J. Sinnreich
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2022-022790
Reviews'This is a wonderful book on an important yet understudied topic. Using the themes of food and hunger to analyze everyday life and experience in three Nazi ghettoes, Sinnreich significantly expands our understanding of Jewish experience during the Holocaust. Her careful attention to the symbolic, social, and material functions of food is especially impressive.' Alice Weinreb, Loyola University Chicago
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.531809438
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The Nazi invasion: violence, displacement, and expropriation; 2. Jewish leadership; 3. The supply and distribution of food: strategies and priorities; 4. The physical, mental, and social effects of hunger; 5. Hunger and everyday life in the ghetto; 6. Socioeconomic status and food access; 7. Relief systems and charity; 8. Illicit food access: smuggling, theft, and the black market; 9. Labor and food in the ghettos; 10. Deportations and the end of the ghettos; Conclusion; Appendix: List of kitchens and food distribution sites in the Warsaw ghetto.
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisDuring World War II, the Germans put the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland into ghettos which restricted their movement and, most crucially for their survival, access to food. The Germans saw the Jews as 'useless eaters,' and denied them sufficient food for survival. The hunger which resulted from this intentional starvation impacted every aspect of Jewish life inside the ghettos. This book focuses on the Jews in the lódz, Warsaw, and Kraków ghettos as they struggled to survive the deadly Nazi ghetto and, in particular, the genocidal famine conditions. Jews had no control over Nazi food policy but they attempted to survive the deadly conditions of Nazi ghettoization through a range of coping mechanisms and survival strategies. In this book, Helene Sinnreich explores their story, drawing from diaries and first-hand accounts of the victims and survivors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core., During World War II, German racial policy designated Jews 'useless eaters', and denied them sufficient food for survival. This book reveals how the hunger which resulted from this intentional starvation impacted every aspect of Jewish life inside the ghettos as people tried to survive through a range of coping mechanisms and survival strategies.