Holocaust Studies

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The Gulag
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The Gulag

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Holocaust

The Holocaust

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Maiden from Afar

The Maiden from Afar

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter concerns Arendt’s conflicting feelings of homesickness and alienation in regard to Germany. 3 $0.30 Add
The Matryoshka Memoirs

The Matryoshka Memoirs

A Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, The Leica Camera Factory, and Nazi Resistance.

Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp … 252 View
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The Meaning of Hope

The Meaning of Hope

On Suicide

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Hebelein discusses the suicidal thoughts Arendt experienced during her internment, and the suicide of her friend Walter Benjamin in 1940. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Noose Tightens

The Noose Tightens

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein describes the situation in Germany as the Nazis took power. Arendt was separated from her husband when he fled Germany, and also had to confront the growing … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part II
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The Reckoning, Part II

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Reunion

The Reunion

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein explores ideas of forgiveness, and examines Arendt’s decision to forgive Martin Heidegger. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Right to Have Rights

The Right to Have Rights

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein examines Arendt’s writings on human worth and dignity. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Wild Place
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The Wild Place

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Winds of Change
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The Winds of Change

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … 12 $1.20 Add
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Timeline/Glossary
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Timeline/Glossary

From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

This section includes a timeline of the events discussed in the book and a glossary of key terms. 4 $0.40 Add