Reporting the Holocaust in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press, 1945-50

by A. Holmila

Overview

Examining how the press in Britain, Sweden and Finland responded to the Holocaust immediately after the Second World War, Holmila offers new insights into the challenge posed by the Holocaust for liberal democracies by looking at the reporting of the liberation of the camps, the Nuremberg trial and the Jewish immigration to Palestine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349311064
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/24/2011
Series:	The Holocaust and its Contexts
Edition description:	1st ed. 2011
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

ANTERO HOLMILA Lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His other books include the first in-depth textbook about the Holocaust written in Finnish, Holokausti. Tapahtumat ja Tulkinnat, and an edited volume on the Winter War and the World's Press - Talvisota muiden silmin. Maailman lehdistö ja Suomen taistelu.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction PART I: THE FIRST RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST: THE LIBERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS The British Press Responds to the Liberation of the Concentration Camps The Swedish Press and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps The Finnish Press and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps PART II: THE NUREMBERG TRIAL 1945-46 AND THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH PRESS DISCOURSES IN BRITAIN, SWEDEN AND FINLAND Responding to the Nazi Crimes: The British Press and the Nuremberg Trial Victors, Vanquished and Neutrals: The Swedish Press and the Nuremberg Trial The Nuremberg Trial in the Finnish Press Discourse PART III: FROM SUFFERING TO SILENCE: THE PRESS AND HOLOCAUST DISCOURSES, 1946-1950 The Problem of Displaced Jews and the Holocaust The Holocaust, the Founding of Israel and the Arab-Israeli War in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press Forgetting to Remember. The Press Discourse, the Cold War and Conjunctures of Remembrance Conclusions Appendices Notes Bibliography Index