The Atrocity of Hunger by Helene J Sinnreich
During World War II, the Germans put the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland into ghettos which restricted their movement and, most crucially for their survival, access to food. The Germans saw the Jews as 'useless eaters,' and denied them sufficient food for survival. The hunger which resulted from this intentional starvation impacted every aspect of Jewish life inside the ghettos. This book focuses on the Jews in the Łódź, Warsaw, and Kraków ghettos as they struggled to survive the deadly Nazi ghetto and, in particular, the genocidal famine conditions. Jews had no control over Nazi food policy but they attempted to survive the deadly conditions of Nazi ghettoization through a range of coping mechanisms and survival strategies. In this book, Helene Sinnreich explores their story, drawing from diaries and first-hand accounts of the victims and survivors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
'This is a wonderful book on an important yet understudied topicUsing the themes of food and hunger to analyze everyday life and experience in three Nazi ghettoes, Sinnreich significantly expands our understanding of Jewish experience during the Holocaust. Her careful attention to the symbolic, social, and material functions of food is especially impressive.' Alice Weinreb, Loyola University Chicago
'The book explores how socioeconomic status, gender, and religion affected access to food. It also depicts Jewish communal and individual efforts to smuggle, barter, or steal in order to stave off food deprivation. … Highly recommended.' M. Rice, Choice
'Sinnreich's book is thoroughly researched and skillfully constructed, effectively achieving her aim to narrate the stories of Jews navigating the challenges of surviving the genocidal famine conditions imposed by Nazi ghettoization. Holocaust scholars, famine researchers, and students exploring everyday life during this period will find Sinnreich's The Atrocity of Hunger to be a valuable resource for deepening our comprehension of Jewish experiences during the Holocaust, particularly in relation to the profound impact of hunger.' Anne van Mourik, H-Net
'[An] absorbing, horrifying, and - by thinking broadly about what she terms 'the atrocity of hunger' - smartly conceived study worth careful attention, not only for students of the Holocaust but also for those working on famines and mass violence in general. … Sinnreich's attention to nuance and context makes this book such an important addition to our knowledge about the Holocaust, about hunger and starvation, and about life and death in the ghettos.' Katrin Paehler, German Studies Review
'The book explores how socioeconomic status, gender, and religion affected access to food. It also depicts Jewish communal and individual efforts to smuggle, barter, or steal in order to stave off food deprivation. … Highly recommended.' M. Rice, Choice
'Sinnreich's book is thoroughly researched and skillfully constructed, effectively achieving her aim to narrate the stories of Jews navigating the challenges of surviving the genocidal famine conditions imposed by Nazi ghettoization. Holocaust scholars, famine researchers, and students exploring everyday life during this period will find Sinnreich's The Atrocity of Hunger to be a valuable resource for deepening our comprehension of Jewish experiences during the Holocaust, particularly in relation to the profound impact of hunger.' Anne van Mourik, H-Net
'[An] absorbing, horrifying, and - by thinking broadly about what she terms 'the atrocity of hunger' - smartly conceived study worth careful attention, not only for students of the Holocaust but also for those working on famines and mass violence in general. … Sinnreich's attention to nuance and context makes this book such an important addition to our knowledge about the Holocaust, about hunger and starvation, and about life and death in the ghettos.' Katrin Paehler, German Studies Review
Helene J. Sinnreich is director of the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is co-editor-in-chief of the academic journal Holocaust and Genocide Studies and was the founding editor of the Journal of Jewish Identities. She has served as a fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. and at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. She is editor of A Story of Survival: The Lodz Ghetto Diary of Heinek Fogel (2015).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009108669 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009108662 |
| Title | The Atrocity of Hunger |
| Author | Helene J Sinnreich |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 306 |
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