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Peck, Abraham J : AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE JEWISH DISPLACED PERSON’S CAMPS: THE LOST LEGACY OF THE SHE’ERITH HAPLETAH

Jerusalem, [World Congress Of Jewish Studies], 1982

Offprint. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. Pages 187-196 (ie. 10 pages) ; 24 cm. Includes additional title page in Hebrew. Abraham J. Peck, born in a DP camp in Landsberg, Germany, is a prolific Holocaust scholar, professor, and former advisor to Elie Wiesel. A brief history of the study of DP camps and of the lives of Holocaust survivors after the war. “Precious little scholarly attention has been given to these areas. The reasons for such a state of affairs are numerous, ranging from the previous general inattention paid to the Holocaust (a phenomenon now corrected perhaps to excess) , to the problem, especially in America, of linguistic competency among graduate students and even accomplished scholars, to the very real problem of artificial periodization in which the twin pillars of Holocaust and Redemption allow little room for self-standing research areas between them. ” Interestingly, there appears to be a typo in this offprint. Division B of the Eighth World Congress of Jewish Studies was “The History of the Jewish People. ” Division A was “The Period of the Bible. ” Given the pagination and subject, this was likely part of Division B. SUBJECT(S) : DP Camps, Holocaust, Jewish studies. One stain that does not affect text. Slight toning. Very minimal edgewear. Very good condition. (Holo2-134-5)

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