Title Golden harvest : events at the periphery of the Holocaust / Jan Tomasz Gross ; with Irena Grudzińska Gross

Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 135 pages) Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; THE PHOTOGRAPH; THE NEED TO NAME; TAKING OVER JEWISH PROPERTY; PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE SHOAH; THE GROUNDS OF EXTERMINATION CAMPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR; THE BONES; THE DEATH CAMPS AND THE LOCAL POPULATION; TENDING ONE'S GARDEN; THE TAKING OF JEWISH PROPERTY BY ORDINARY PEOPLE; ABOUT THE KILLING OF JEWS; THE KIELCE REGION; "THICK DESCRIPTION"; CLOSE-UP OF A MURDER SCENE; HUMAN AGENCY; THE PERIPHERIES OF THE HOLOCAUST; BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY; CONVERSATIONS ABOUT JEWISH PROPERTY; A CERTAIN KIND OF PATRIOTISM; HUNTING FOR JEWS; JEWS AND OBJECTS SCHMALTZOWANYESHELTERING JEWS FOR PAYMENT; AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; NEW RULES AND EXPERT'S OPINIONS; WHERE WAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?; HYPOCRITE LECTEUR, MON SEMBLABLE, MON FRÈRE; Afterword; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the "crops" scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing?The starting point of Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--"diggers"--Atop a mountain of ashes at Trebl Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Influence Grave goods -- Poland Human remains (Archaeology) -- Poland Jewish cemeteries -- Poland Mass burials -- Poland Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century Ethnic relations Grave goods Human remains (Archaeology) Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Jewish cemeteries Jews Jews -- Persecutions Mass burials Judenvernichtung Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Influence. Grave goods -- Poland. Human remains (Archaeology) -- Poland. Jewish cemeteries -- Poland. Mass burials -- Poland. Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT Poland -- Ethnic relations Subject Poland Polen. Poland -- Ethnic relations. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Grudzińska-Gross, Irena ISBN 9780199920983 0199920982 1280594225 9781280594229

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