The Last
A Journey to the End of the Holocaust
Intimate portraits of the last living survivors of the Holocaust and their families, gathering their thoughts as they reflect on their lives.
Description
Soon, the last person who lived through the Holocaust will die. In a series of intimate portraits, journalist Rosie Whitehouse gives us a final chance to hear survivors’ thoughts―not just their stories.
All part of a group known as ‘the Boys’ (though some were girls) or ‘the Windermere children’―who settled in the Lake District after World War Two―these survivors have shaped how Britain remembers the genocidal horrors of the past. While some have testified publicly about their experiences, Whitehouse offers unique access to their unscripted feelings and opinions, meeting survivors and their families in the comfort of their own homes. They discuss the challenges of growing old with their trauma and the significance of the legacy they leave behind. Reflecting on how they moved forward and what held them back, they provide poignant insight into what it is like to be witness to and victim of one of history’s greatest crimes. Sometimes hopeful, sometimes bitter, they ask how―and whether―the memory of the Holocaust will survive them.
Amid growing antisemitism and creeping disinterest in the Holocaust, The Last is an urgent warning about the threats still facing Jewish communities―and the danger of history repeating itself.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Modernity
Chapter 2. Questions
Chapter 3. Home
Chapter 4. Golf
Chapter 5. Impulses
Chapter 6. Boiled Sweets
Chapter 7. Choices
Chapter 8. Lies
Chapter 9. Nightmares
Chapter 10. Contradictions
Chapter 11. Lunch
Chapter 12. Revenge
Chapter 13. Dog Tags
Chapter 14. Marriage
Chapter 15. Water
Chapter 16. Mother Tongue
Chapter 17. Art
Chapter 18. Humility
Chapter 19. Stoicism
Chapter 20. Cards
Chapter 21. Mothering
Chapter 22. Singing
Acknowledgements
Notes & Glossary
Editor(s)
Rosie Whitehouse, a journalist, writes about Holocaust survivors for BBC Online, The Observer, Tablet magazine, The Jewish Chronicle and Haaretz. She is the author of The Last: A Journey to the End of the Holocaust; Two Sisters; and The People on the Beach (all published by Hurst); and the Bradt guide to Europe’s Holocaust memorials, museums and sites.
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What is "The Last" about?
Soon, the last person who lived through the Holocaust will die. In a series of intimate portraits, journalist Rosie Whitehouse gives us a final chance to hear survivors’ thoughts―not just their stories.
All part of a group known as ‘the Boys’ (though some were girls) or ‘the Windermere children’―who settled in the Lake District after World War Two―these survivors have shaped how Britain remembers the genocidal horrors of the past. While some have testified publicly about their experiences, Whitehouse offers unique access to their unscripted feelings and opinions, meeting survivors and their families in the comfort of their own homes. They discuss the challenges of growing old with their trauma and the significance of the legacy they leave behind. Reflecting on how they moved forward and what held them back, they provide poignant insight into what it is like to be witness to and victim of one of history’s greatest crimes. Sometimes hopeful, sometimes bitter, they ask how―and whether―the memory of the Holocaust will survive them.
Amid growing antisemitism and creeping disinterest in the Holocaust, The Last is an urgent warning about the threats still facing Jewish communities―and the danger of history repeating itself.
Who wrote "The Last"?
"The Last" was written by Rosie Whitehouse.
Rosie Whitehouse, a journalist, writes about Holocaust survivors for BBC Online, The Observer, Tablet magazine, The Jewish Chronicle and Haaretz. She is the author of The Last: A Journey to the End of the Holocaust; Two Sisters; and The People on the Beach (all published by Hurst); and the Bradt guide to Europe’s Holocaust memorials, museums and sites.
What is the Table of Contents for "The Last"?
Introduction
Chapter 1. Modernity
Chapter 2. Questions
Chapter 3. Home
Chapter 4. Golf
Chapter 5. Impulses
Chapter 6. Boiled Sweets
Chapter 7. Choices
Chapter 8. Lies
Chapter 9. Nightmares
Chapter 10. Contradictions
Chapter 11. Lunch
Chapter 12. Revenge
Chapter 13. Dog Tags
Chapter 14. Marriage
Chapter 15. Water
Chapter 16. Mother Tongue
Chapter 17. Art
Chapter 18. Humility
Chapter 19. Stoicism
Chapter 20. Cards
Chapter 21. Mothering
Chapter 22. Singing
Acknowledgements
Notes & Glossary
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