Description
A chronicle of the evolution of awareness and commemoration of the Holocaust from remote disinterest to a central part of ethnic identification
About the Author
Franklin Bialystok is a seasonal lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Toronto and York University.
Reviews
"Bialystok makes an enormously important contribution to Canadian Jewish history and to the broader field of ethnic studies. He has brought a new approach to bear and has explored sources hitherto untapped in the archives of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the National Archives of Canada. Academic historians and students of ethnic experience will find this book not just interesting but compelling." Gerald Tulchinsky, Department of History, Queen's University " A groundbreaking work that greatly advances our knowledge and understanding of the post-war history of the Canadian Jewish community. It sheds new light on the uneasy relationship between post-war Holocaust survivors and the rest of the Canadian Jewish community, and documents the tensions between the two groups, manifested in the debates over how to react to antisemitism, neo-Nazism, and the memory of the Holocaust. This is a valuable work and a serious contribution to researchers in its field." Henry Srebrnik, Department of Political Science, University of Prince Edward Island "There is at present no scholarly or even popular work which carefully examines the question of Jewish responses in Canada to the Holocaust. Bialystok is breaking new ground." Phyllis Senese. Department of History, University of Victoria "Delayed Impact is well researched and deals with an important subject in Canadian Jewish history. Bialystok is at his best in showing the strains between the survivors' organizations and the community elites." Stephen Scheinberg, Department of History, Concordia University
Book Information
ISBN 9780773537514
Author Franklin Bialystok
Format Paperback
Page Count 340
Imprint McGill-Queen's University Press
Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press