An interdisciplinary study that analyzes photobooks, newsreels, feature films, and fiction from 1945 to 1956, Mapping Warsaw: The Spatial Poetics of a Postwar City by Ewa Wampuszyc demonstrates how the postwar Polish capital was rebuilt discursively in the aftermath of its near-complete destruction during World War II.
Just Assassins examines terrorism as it’s manifested in Russian culture past and present, with essays devoted to Russian literature, film, and theater; historical narrative; and even amateur memoir, songs, and poetry posted on the Internet. Along with editor Anthony Anemone’s introduction, these essays chart the evolution of modern political terrorism in Russia, from the Decembrist uprising to the horrific school siege in Beslan in 2004, showing how Russia’s cultural engagement with its legacy of terrorism speaks to the wider world.
Edited by Joseph Kermish, Yad Vashem and Shmuel Krakowski
Translated by Dafna Allon, Danuta Dabrowska and Dana Keren
A man of towering intellectual accomplishment and extraordinary tenacity, Emmanuel Ringelblum devoted his life to recording the fate of his people at the hands of the Germans. Convinced that he...
Jews in Polish Culture was and in large measure remains an essentially pioneering work. Despite the passage of many years, the book's thrust has retained its initial, original freshness.
