Social Groups and Experiences of the Holocaust
Combining Burzlaff’s historiographical overview with a chapter from Fulbrook’s recent book, these
readings explore the relations between social groupings and the Holocaust. They raise questions
about how to reconcile the Holocaust as a defining event in people’s lives with the variety of
wartime experiences, bringing together debates on categorization, politics, geography and
community.
Jan Burzlaff, ‘Confronting the Communal Grave: A Reassessment of Social Relations During the
Holocaust in Eastern Europe’, The Historical Journal 63.4 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2019), pp. 1054-1077.
Martine Fulbrook, Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and The Quest for Justice, (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2018), ch. 6 ‘Defining Experiences’, pp. 141-174.
Date:
20 October 2020, 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue:
Online
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Organiser:
Barnabas Balint (Magdalen)
Organiser contact email address:
barnabas.balint@history.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Barnabas Balint (Magdalen)
Part of:
Oxford Holocaust Studies Reading Group
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking email:
barnabas.balint@history.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Heather Mann
