Lessons and Legacies XV

Erin McGlothlin is a professor of German and Jewish studies at Washington University in St. Louis.Avinoam Patt is the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut.

• Introduction, Erin McGlothlin and Avinoam PattI. Wartime HistoryNatalie Eppelsheimer, "Some Had a Farm in Africa: Holocaust Survivors as Settler-Colonists in KenyaDaniela Gleizer, “Refugees from Nazism and Holocaust Survivors in Mexico: Closed Doors and Contested MemoriesElysa I. McConnell, “Building the Nation at the Periphery: Fascism, Italianization, and Racial Persecution in Italy’s Eastern BorderlandsJason Tingler, “A Vortex of Violence: Chełm at the Crossroads of Genocide and Mass MurderIdit Gil, “Ethics and Friendship in KZ Hessental: Josek Giser’s Diary and His Survival Efforts”II. Literature and Testimony from the Postwar to the ContemporaryAriane Santerre, “Transgressive Testimonies: French Survivors’ Early Writings on the HolocaustNaya Lekht, “Literary Monuments: Commemorating the Holocaust in the Soviet UnionJonathan Druker, “Monstrous Births and Mad Scientists: Allegories of Holocaust Trauma in Primo Levi’s Natural HistoriesJoanna Krongold, “‘Too Much Precedent’: Holocaust Allegory in Suzanne Collins’s Underland Chronicles”III. Museums and MemorialsAnja Ballis, “Tour Guide Meets Tourist: Local and Global Perspectives of Guided Tours at European Concentration Camp Memorial SitesSarah Kleinmann, “The Museum Representation of National Socialist Perpetrators in Germany and AustriaLaurie A. Stein, “The State of Provenance Research in Museums: Evaluating Global and National Approaches and ResponsesAnna Duensing, “We Should Have Had a Nuremberg after the Civil War”: Understanding Nazism at the Frontlines of the Battle Over Confederate MonumentsDan Leopard and Noah Shenker, "Pinchas-DiT: Simulation and the Imagined Future of Holocaust Survivor Memory”Notes on Contributors

“Encompassing global geographies of the Holocaust, this volume is rich in new research and conversant with some of the most current directions in Holocaust studies.” —Dorota Glowacka, University of King's College, Canada"This unique volume makes an important and timely contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies by bringing together a collection of essays that crosses geographies, disciplines, and approaches to Holocaust representation. The carefully selected chapters, in conversation with each other, broaden our awareness of and appreciation for the expansive possibilities for Holocaust research. Reading this volume enriches our understanding of Holocaust history and memory." -Victoria Aarons, Trinity University