At the end of World War II; French Jews faced a devastating demographic reality: thousands of orphaned children; large numbers of single-parent households; and families in emotional and financial distress. Daniella Doron suggests that after years of occupation and collaboration; French Jews and non-Jews held contrary opinions about the future of the nation and the institution of the family. At the center of the disagreement was what was to become of the children. Doron traces emerging notions about the postwar family and its role in strengthening Jewish ethnicity and French republicanism in the shadow of Vichy and the Holocaust.
#65478 in Books Univ of Illinois Pr 2015-10-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x 1.60 x 7.00l; .0 #File Name: 0252081129632 pagesUniv of Illinois Pr
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