PERFECT HEROES: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory - Softcover

Baumel-schwartz, Judith Tydor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299234843 ISBN 13: 9780299234843

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010

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Book by BaumelSchwartz Judith Tydor

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""Perfect Heroes" is the first study to take the parachutists' operation beyond the history of its actual occurrence and into the realm of memory and commemoration. . . . It quickly goes beyond the case study of commemorating the operation and its heroes and becomes a richer and even more valuable study of the uses of commemoration and the forces and considerations behind the shaping of collective national memory."--Yoav Gelber, University of Haifa "Perfect Heroes" is the first study to take the parachutists operation beyond the history of its actual occurrence and into the realm of memory and commemoration. . . . It quickly goes beyond the case study of commemorating the operation and its heroes and becomes a richer and even more valuable study of the uses of commemoration and the forces and considerations behind the shaping of collective national memory. Yoav Gelber, University of Haifa" Explores how the heroic story of the parachutists from Palestine was used to promote various and, at times, contradictory national and partisan agendas in Israel and throughout the world. "The young Palestinian parachutists, most of whom had arrived from Europe only a few years earlier, faced a double mission, one British, the other Zionist. Their British mission was to make contact with pilots who had jettisoned over enemy territory and assist them in making their way back to allied occupied lands. Simultaneously, their Zionist mission was to contact Jewish communities in Europe, assist them in rebuilding the local Zionist movement and when necessary, help their members escape from Nazi clutches. Seven of the parachutists, including two of the women, lost their lives during the operation."--from the introduction The book reveals meticulously and persuasively a painful event that took place within a context of a bitter war. . . . Baumel-Schwartz resurrects characters, processes, events, and contexts, imaginary and real, that personify and vivify dark and difficult pasts, conflicts, and solutions. The sheer intensity will provide an excellent platform for class discussions. Nachman Ben-Yehuda, The Journal of Israeli History " Baumel-Schwartz uses the story of the parachutists to illustrate how myth is created, established, and demolished. The book is well written, clearly structured, and based on extensive primary sources. . . .The book will benefit readers interested in cultural studies, Israeli history, and Holocaust studies. Anita Shapira, The American Historical Review " Perfect Heroes is the first study to take the parachutists operation beyond the history of its actual occurrence and into the realm of memory and commemoration. . . . It quickly goes beyond the case study of commemorating the operation and its heroes and becomes a richer and even more valuable study of the uses of commemoration and the forces and considerations behind the shaping of collective national memory. Yoav Gelber, University of Haifa" The book reveals meticulously and persuasively a painful event that took place within a context of a bitter war. . . . Baumel-Schwartz resurrects characters, processes, events, and contexts, imaginary and real, that personify and vivify dark and difficult pasts, conflicts, and solutions. The sheer intensity will provide an excellent platform for class discussions. Nachman Ben-Yehuda, "The Journal of Israeli History"" Baumel-Schwartz uses the story of the parachutists to illustrate how myth is created, established, and demolished. The book is well written, clearly structured, and based on extensive primary sources. . . .The book will benefit readers interested in cultural studies, Israeli history, and Holocaust studies. Anita Shapira, "The American Historical Review"" "The book reveals meticulously and persuasively a painful event that took place within a context of a bitter war. . . . Baumel-Schwartz resurrects characters, processes, events, and contexts, imaginary and real, that personify and vivify dark and difficult pasts, conflicts, and solutions. The sheer intensity will provide an excellent platform for class discussions."--Nachman Ben-Yehuda, "The Journal of Israeli History" "Baumel-Schwartz uses the story of the parachutists to illustrate how myth is created, established, and demolished. The book is well written, clearly structured, and based on extensive primary sources. . . .The book will benefit readers interested in cultural studies, Israeli history, and Holocaust studies."--Anita Shapira, "The American Historical Review"

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During World War II, the British military dropped several dozen parachutists from Palestine, including three women, behind enemy lines in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. These young soldiers, most of whom had fled Europe only a few years earlier, faced a double challenge: their British mission was to find pilots who had jettisoned over enemy territory and assist them in returning to Allied-occupied lands; their Zionist mission was to contact Jewish communities, assist them in rebuilding the local Zionist movement, and, when necessary, help their members escape from the Nazis. Seven of the parachutists lost their lives in this effort. In Perfect Heroes, an expanded and updated English adaptation of her Hebrew book Giborim le-mofet, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz recounts the history of these parachutists' wartime escapades and also analyzes the ways that various segments of Israeli society-military, political, legal, educational, youth, literary, and artistic-used the parachutists' story over the course of fifty years to build a nationalist narrative and to promote their own partisan and, at times, contradictory agendas. Baumel-Schwartz also offers broader comparative discussions of how individuals were commemorated as WWII heroes and heroines in many countries, in service of national mythologizing and collective memory.

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• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0299234843
• ISBN 13: 9780299234843
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320