After the Holocaust

“The first- and second-generation survivor accounts are treasuresinvaluable reflections that anchor this collection.” David MacDonald, author of The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation“An unusually passionate, wide-ranging, and deeply informed volume that engages tough questions and eschews simple answers.” – Henry Greenspan, author of On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Beyond Testimony“Past meets future in this thoughtful work of insight and wisdom. Witnesses and teachers bridge Holocaust memory and scholarship preparing us for a post-witness world where justice and human rights prevail.” – Robert Krell, author of Child Holocaust Survivors: Memories and Reflections“After the Holocaust is a ground-breaking volume that brings together a diverse and eclectic group of scholars, artists, and activists to probe deeply the vicissitudes of the Holocaust.” – Leslie Morris, author of The Translated Jew: German Jewish Culture outside the Margins

Charlotte Schallié is a professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her research interests include post-1945 German literature and film, memory studies, visual storytelling, Jewish identity in contemporary cultural discourse, teaching and learning about the Holocaust and human rights education. Charlotte lives in Victoria.

Helga Thorson is an associate professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her teaching and research interests include Holocaust studies, memory studies, early twentieth-century German and Austrian literature and culture, Scandinavian studies, digital humanities, and gender studies. Helga lives in Victoria.

Andrea van Noord holds a Master of Letters in the Gothic Imagination from the University of Stirling, Scotland. She is a former sessional instructor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria and Experiential Learning Facilitator for UVic’s I-witness Holocaust Field School. Andrea lives in Vancouver.