The Forgotten Massacre

The Forgotten Massacre Budapest in 1944

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Publisher's Synopsis

The book discusses a formerly unknown and invisible massacre in Budapest in 1944, committed by a paramilitary group lead by a women. Andrea Peto uncovers the gripping history of the fi rst private Holocaust memorial erected in Budapest in 1945. Based on court trials, interviews with survivors, perpetrators, and investigators, the book illustrates the complexities of gendered memory of violence. It examines the dramatic events: massacre, deportation, robbery, homecoming, and fi ght for memorialization from the point of view of the perpetrators and the survivors. The book will change the ways we look at intimate killings during the Second World-War.

Watch our talk with the editor Andrea Peto here: https://youtu.be/dV6JEcE2RFk

Book information

ISBN: 9783110687484
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.5405
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 200
Weight: 416g
Height: 160mm
Width: 233mm
Spine width: 18mm