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EBOOK Justice Matters:Legacies of the Holocaust and World War II
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199882717
EAN: 2A3E117FEB
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Stron: 208
Data wydania: 2003
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In the fall of 1992, in a small room in Boston, MA, an extraordinary meeting took        place. For the first time, the sons and daughters of Holocaust victims met        face-to-face with the children of Nazis for a fascinating research project to        discuss the intersections of their pasts and the painful legacies that history has        imposed on them. Taking that remarkable gathering as its starting point, Justice        Matters illustrates how the psychology of hatred and ethnic resentments is passed        from generation to generation. Psychologist Mona Weissmark, herself the child of        Holocaust survivors, argues that justice is profoundly shaped by emotional        responses. In her in-depth study of the legacy encountered by these children,        Weissmark found, not surprisingly, that in the face of unjust treatment, the natural        response is resentment and deep anger-and, in most cases, an overwhelming need for        revenge. Weissmark argues that, while legal systems offer a structured means for        redressing injustice, they have rarely addressed the emotional pain, which, left        unresolved, is then passed along to the next generation-leading to entrenched ethnic        tension and group conflict.In the grim litany of twentieth-century genocides, few        events cut a broader and more lasting swath through humanity than the Holocaust. How        then would the offspring of Nazis and survivors react to the idea of reestablishing        a relationship? Could they talk to each other without open hostility? Could they        even attempt to imagine the experiences and outlook of the other? Would they be        willing to abandon their self-definition as aggrieved victims as a means of moving        forward?Central to the perspectives of each group, Weissmark found, were stories,        searing anecdotes passed from parent to grandchild, from aunt to nephew, which        personalized with singular intensity the experience. She describes how these stories        or "e;legacies"e; transmit moral values, beliefs and emotions and thus freeze the past        into place. For instance, cdxfmerged that most children of Nazis reported their        parents told them stories about the war whereas children of survivors reported their        parents told them stories about the Holocaust. The daughter of a survivor said: "e;I        didn't even know there was a war until I was a teenager. I didn't even know fifty        million people were killed during the war I thought just six million Jews were        killed."e; While the daughter of a Nazi officer recalled: "e;I didn't know about the        concentration-camps until I was in my teens. First I heard about the [Nazi] party.          Then I heard stories about the war, about bombs falling or about not having food."e;At        a time when the political arena is saturated with talk of justice tribunals,        reparations, and revenge management, Justice Matters provides valuable insights into        the aftermath of ethnic and religious conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the        Balkans, from Northern Ireland to the Middle East. The stories recounted here, and        the lessons they offer, have universal applications for any divided society        determined not to let the ghosts of the past determine the future.

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