Second-Generation Journeys: Discovering, Confronting, and Narrating a Complex Past

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Abstract

This contribution analyses texts written by the children of refugees from National Socialism who settled in the UK, who undertook journeys to the former homeland of the First Generation. The texts were published in newsletters and anthologies and discuss the issue of postmemory and the complexity of continental European Jewish culture and history. The contribution concludes with a discussion of narratives interrogating victim and perpetrator positions, language, and belonging, and ultimately the complexity of such narratives.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Second and Third Generation
Subtitle of host publicationThe Legacy of Forced Migration from Nazi Europe
EditorsAndrea Hammel, Stephanie Homer
PublisherBrill
Chapter4
Pages53-69
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9789004704626
ISBN (Print)9789004701021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Aug 2024

Publication series

NameYearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies
PublisherBrill
Volume23
ISSN (Print)1388-3720

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