Reporting the Holocaust in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press, 1945-50 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Antero Holmila
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 276 pages,
Dimensions
23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Holocaust and its contexts
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- PART I: THE FIRST RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST: THE LIBERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS -- The British Press Responds to the Liberation of the Concentration Camps -- The Swedish Press and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps -- The Finnish Press and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps -- PART II: THE NUREMBERG TRIAL 1945-46 AND THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH PRESS DISCOURSES IN BRITAIN, SWEDEN AND FINLAND -- Responding to the Nazi Crimes: The British Press and the Nuremberg Trial -- Victors, Vanquished and Neutrals: The Swedish Press and the Nuremberg Trial -- The Nuremberg Trial in the Finnish Press Discourse -- PART III: FROM SUFFERING TO SILENCE: THE PRESS AND HOLOCAUST DISCOURSES, 1946-1950 -- The Problem of Displaced Jews and the Holocaust -- The Holocaust, the Founding of Israel and the Arab-Israeli War in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press -- Forgetting to Remember. The Press Discourse, the Cold War and Conjunctures of Remembrance -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Examining how the press in Britain, Sweden and Finland responded to the Holocaust immediately after the Second World War, Holmila offers new insights into the challenge posed by the Holocaust for liberal democracies by looking at the reporting of the liberation of the camps, the Nuremberg trial and the Jewish immigration to Palestine."--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-- Press coverage-- Finland
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-- Press coverage-- Great Britain
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-- Press coverage-- Sweden