Interpreting In Nazi Concentration Camps

Author : Michaela Wolf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501313274
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps written by Michaela Wolf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This significant new study is concerned with the role of interpreting in Nazi concentration camps, where prisoners were of 30 to 40 different nationalities. With German as the only official language in the lager, communication was vital to the prisoners' survival. While in the last few decades there has been extensive research on the language used by the camp inmates, investigation into the mediating role of interpreters between SS guards and prisoners on the one hand, and among inmates on the other, has been almost nonexistent. On the basis of Primo Levi's considerations on communication in the Nazi concentrationary system, this book investigates the ambivalent role of interpreting in the camps. One of the central questions is what the role of interpreting was in the wider context of shaping life in concentration camps. And in what way did the knowledge of languages, and accordingly, certain communication skills, contribute to the survival of concentration camp inmates and of the interpreting person? The main sources under investigation are both archive materials and survivors' memoirs and testimonials in various languages. On a different level, Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps also asks in what way the study of communication in concentration camps enhances our understanding of the ambiguous role of interpreting in more general terms. And in what way does the study of interpreting in concentration camps shape an interpreting concept which can help us to better understand the violent nature of interpreting in contexts other than the Holocaust?

Author : Michaela Wolf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501313274
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps written by Michaela Wolf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This significant new study is concerned with the role of interpreting in Nazi concentration camps, where prisoners were of 30 to 40 different nationalities. With German as the only official language in the lager, communication was vital to the prisoners' survival. While in the last few decades there has been extensive research on the language used by the camp inmates, investigation into the mediating role of interpreters between SS guards and prisoners on the one hand, and among inmates on the other, has been almost nonexistent. On the basis of Primo Levi's considerations on communication in the Nazi concentrationary system, this book investigates the ambivalent role of interpreting in the camps. One of the central questions is what the role of interpreting was in the wider context of shaping life in concentration camps. And in what way did the knowledge of languages, and accordingly, certain communication skills, contribute to the survival of concentration camp inmates and of the interpreting person? The main sources under investigation are both archive materials and survivors' memoirs and testimonials in various languages. On a different level, Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps also asks in what way the study of communication in concentration camps enhances our understanding of the ambiguous role of interpreting in more general terms. And in what way does the study of interpreting in concentration camps shape an interpreting concept which can help us to better understand the violent nature of interpreting in contexts other than the Holocaust?

Author : Laurel Leff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316264874
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buried by the Times written by Laurel Leff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at how The New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939–45. It examines how the decisions that were made at The Times ultimately resulted in the minimizing and misunderstanding of modern history's worst genocide. Laurel Leff, a veteran journalist and professor of journalism, recounts how personal relationships at the newspaper, the assimilationist tendencies of The Times' Jewish owner, and the ethos of mid-century America, all led The Times to consistently downplay news of the Holocaust. It recalls how news of Hitler's 'final solution' was hidden from readers and - because of the newspaper's influence on other media - from America at large. Buried by The Times is required reading for anyone interested in America's response to the Holocaust and for anyone curious about how journalists determine what is newsworthy.

Author : Małgorzata Tryuk
Publisher : Studies in Language, Culture and Society
ISBN 13 : 9783631658697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Ethics and Interpreters written by Małgorzata Tryuk and published by Studies in Language, Culture and Society. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main goal of the book is to present the lives, loyalties, and identities of a large number of interpreters who, either by choice or by force, had to work in various extreme conditions, in wartime, armed conflict zones, during war criminals trials after World War II and in the Nazi concentration camps.

Author : Peter Davies
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1640140298
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness Between Languages written by Peter Davies and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing body of scholarship is making visible the contribution of translators to the creation, preservation, and transmission of knowledge about the Holocaust. The discussion has tended to be theoretical or to concentrate on exposing the "distorted" translations of texts by important witnesses such as Anne Frank or Elie Wiesel. There is therefore a need for a positive, concrete, and contextually aware approach to the translation of Holocaust testimonies that acknowledges the achievements of translators while being sensitive to the consequences of particular translation strategies. Peter Davies's study proceeds from the assumption that translators are active co-creators whose work does not simply mediate a pre-existing text, but creates a representation of that text for a new readership in a specific context. Translators of Holocaust testimonies, then, provide a form of textual commentary that works through ideas about witnessing, historical truth, and the meaning of the Holocaust. In this way they are important co-creators of knowledge about the Holocaust and its legacy. The study focuses on translations between English and German, and from other languages (principally French, Russian, and Polish) into English and German. It works through a number of case studies, showing how making translation and its effects visible contributes to a clearer understanding of how knowledge about the Holocaust has been and continues to be created and mediated. Peter Davies is Professor of German at the University of Edinburgh.

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Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tanja von Fransecky
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785338870
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escapees written by Tanja von Fransecky and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps. In France, Belgium, and the Netherlands alone over 750 men, women and children undertook such dramatic escape attempts, despite the extraordinary uncertainty and physical danger they often faced. Drawing upon extensive interviews and a wealth of new historical evidence, Escapees gives a fascinating collective account of this hitherto neglected form of resistance to Nazi persecution.

Author : Michaela Wolf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501313282
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps written by Michaela Wolf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This significant new study is concerned with the role of interpreting in Nazi concentration camps, where prisoners were of 30 to 40 different nationalities. With German as the only official language in the lager, communication was vital to the prisoners' survival. While in the last few decades there has been extensive research on the language used by the camp inmates, investigation into the mediating role of interpreters between SS guards and prisoners on the one hand, and among inmates on the other, has been almost nonexistent. On the basis of Primo Levi's considerations on communication in the Nazi concentrationary system, this book investigates the ambivalent role of interpreting in the camps. One of the central questions is what the role of interpreting was in the wider context of shaping life in concentration camps. And in what way did the knowledge of languages, and accordingly, certain communication skills, contribute to the survival of concentration camp inmates and of the interpreting person? The main sources under investigation are both archive materials and survivors' memoirs and testimonials in various languages. On a different level, Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps also asks in what way the study of communication in concentration camps enhances our understanding of the ambiguous role of interpreting in more general terms. And in what way does the study of interpreting in concentration camps shape an interpreting concept which can help us to better understand the violent nature of interpreting in contexts other than the Holocaust?

Author : Sharon A. Maneki
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494245467
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning from the Enemy written by Sharon A. Maneki and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following paper will examine the nature of the Soviet electronic penetration and the damage assessment of Soviet access to typewriters at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. This history of Project GUNMAN will also answer such questions as how the typewriter bugs were discovered and how they worked.

Author : Daniel P Reynolds
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479839930
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postcards from Auschwitz written by Daniel P Reynolds and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uneasy link between tourism and collective memory at Holocaust museums and memorials Each year, millions of people visit Holocaust memorials and museums, with the number of tourists steadily on the rise. What lies behind the phenomenon of "Holocaust tourism" and what role do its participants play in shaping how we remember and think about the Holocaust? In Postcards from Auschwitz, Daniel P. Reynolds argues that tourism to former concentration camps, ghettos, and other places associated with the Nazi genocide of European Jewry has become an increasingly vital component in the evolving collective remembrance of the Holocaust. Responding to the tendency to dismiss tourism as commercial, superficial, or voyeuristic, Reynolds insists that we take a closer look at a phenomenon that has global reach, takes many forms, and serves many interests. The book focuses on some of the most prominent sites of mass murder in Europe, and then expands outward to more recent memorial museums. Reynolds provides a historically-informed account of the different forces that have shaped Holocaust tourism since 1945, including Cold War politics, the sudden emergence of the "memory boom" beginning in the 1980s, and the awareness that eyewitnesses to the Holocaust are passing away. Based on his on-site explorations, the contributions from researchers in Holocaust studies and tourism studies, and the observations of tourists themselves, this book reveals how tourism is an important part of efforts to understand and remember the Holocaust, an event that continues to challenge ideals about humanity and our capacity to learn from the past.