An engrossing and moving yet coolly dispassionate memoir. Going against the grain of Holocaust orthodoxy, Liebman depicts Jewish life under occupation in all its hues - including the craven complicity of the Jewish council - as well as the many, if still too few, acts of solidarity by Belgian workers, Communists and enlightened Catholics.
- Norman Finkelstein,
This fierce memoir is both an elegy and an indictment. Marcel Liebman's account of his childhood in Brussels under the Nazi occupation explores the emergence of his class consciousness against a background of resistance and collaboration. He documents the internal class war that has long been hidden from history: how the Nazi persecution exploited class distinctions within the Jewish community, and how certain Jewish notables collaborated in a systematic programme of denunciation and deportation against immigrant Jews who lacked the privileges of wealth and citizenship.
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Eminent Marxist intellectual reveals class struggles in Nazi-torn Belgium
Eminent Marxist intellectual reveals class struggles in Nazi-torn Belgium
Beautifully written memoir of Jewish life in Nazi occupied Europe.
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ISBN
9781788736442
Publisert
2020-01-07
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Verso Books
Vekt
228 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192
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