Overview
- Traces the complex relationship between Britain and the destruction of Europe’s Jews
- Updates existing historiography of Britain and the Holocaust and adds new dimensions to our understanding by exploring the interplay of history and memory
- Highlight the importance of rooting what we know and understand about Britain and the Holocaust in historical actuality
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Political Contexts
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Refugees in Britain: 1933–39
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Punishment and Memory
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Cultural Representations
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andy Pearce is Associate Professor in Holocaust and History Education at University College London, UK. He is the author of Holocaust Consciousness in Contemporary Britain (2014), editor of Remembering the Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018), and co-editor of Holocaust Education 25 Years On (2018) and Holocaust Education: Contemporary Challenges & Controversies (2020). He works in teacher education, conducts educational research and is a historian of Britain and the Holocaust.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Britain and the Holocaust
Editors: Tom Lawson, Andy Pearce
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55932-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55931-1Published: 20 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55934-2Published: 20 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55932-8Published: 19 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 510
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of World War II and the Holocaust, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Memory Studies, History of Religion