Between two worlds : Jewish war brides after the Holocaust
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Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023].
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Spring Valley-Finkelstein Memorial Library - New Adult Nonfiction | 940.531 JUD | On Shelf |
Valley Cottage Free Library - New Adult Nonfiction | 940.5318 JUD | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Holocaust survivors -- Marriage.
Intercountry marriage -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Jews -- Migrations.
War brides -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
War brides -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
War brides -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Europe.
Intercountry marriage -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Jews -- Migrations.
War brides -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
War brides -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
War brides -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Europe.
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Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jewish women and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they would help the Jewish people repopulate after the attempted annihilation of European Jewry. Historian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British military personnel after the war. She offers an intimate portrait of how these unions emerged and developed-from meeting and courtship to marriage and immigration to life in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom-and shows how they helped shape the postwar world by touching thousands of lives, including those of the chaplains who officiated their weddings, the Allied authorities whose policy decisions structured the couples' fates, and the bureaucrats involved in immigration and acculturation. The stories Judd tells are at once heartbreaking and restorative, and she vividly captures how the exhilaration of the brides' early romances coexisted with survivor's guilt, grief, and apprehension at the challenges of starting a new life in a new land"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Judd, R. (2023). Between two worlds: Jewish war brides after the Holocaust . The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Judd, Robin. 2023. Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust. The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Judd, Robin. Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust The University of North Carolina Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Judd, Robin. Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust The University of North Carolina Press, 2023.
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