Yellow Star

Rok: 1979
ISBN: 9780553011616
OKCZID: 110369450

Citace (dle ČSN ISO 690):
SCHOENBERNER, Gerhard. The yellow star: the persecution of the Jews in Europe, 1933-1945. Překlad Susan. SWEET. Rev. and enl. ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1979. 224 p. Bantam books.

Anotace

Originally published in 1960 in German as Der Gelbe Stern, this landmark book was one of the first comprehensive photographic accounts of the Holocaust. During the 1950s, researches in Washington, D.C. and London poured over more than 1,500 tons of photographs and documetns seized after World War II. In 1960 Gerhard Schoenberner gathered some 200 photographs from the newly uncovered material, most of them taken by Nazis to chronicle their war against the Jews. Schoenberner named the book after the yellow badge that the Nazis forced the persecuted Jews to wear. With its comprehensive, authoritative presentation of visual and textual evidence, much of which had not yet not been seen before, The Yellow Star shocked the German population and introduced the world to many haunting images. The book endures as one of the most important documentary accounts of the Holocaust, reprinted in many German editions and subsequently published in eight languages. The photographs are accompanied by extracts from Nazi and German documents—laws, decrees, and other Reich memoranda, field reports from SS officers and concentration camp directors, newspaper editorials, and other writings. Schoenberner also provides detailed captions to the photographs. Organized chronologically, the book follows the growing scope and terror of the Holocaust, from the first anti-Jewish laws and Kristallnacht to ghetto uprisings and the Final Solution, culminating in the liberation of the death death camps. Each chapter has a narrative introduction by the author. While remaining true to the author’s original concept, this new edition is a completely fresh presentation of the photographs and documents, with several enhancements. Schoenberner has added new photographs, replaced others, updated the captions and commentary when necessary, and updated and expanded the bibliography. Even if anti-Semitism were not on the rise in today’s world, The Yellow Star would still be an essential book. In photograph after photograph, page after page, the Shoah unfolds as inexorable horror—captured with resonance that remains unequaled. Gerhard Schoenberner, born in 1931, was one of the first public figures in Germany to confront the truths about Nazi crimes. A well-known journalist, editor, and historian, he served as Director of the German Cultural Center in Tel Aviv and was appointed Founding Director of the Wannsee House in Berlin, which serves as the Holocaust Museum of Germany. He was also commissioned by the Berlin Senate to prepare the memorial and the permanent exhibition to the museym, which opened in 1992, on the 50th anniversary of the conference "The Final Solution of the Jewish Question."

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