Arlene Stein is Professor of Sociology at Rutgers and the author of three books about American culture and gender politics. Her previous works include The Stranger Next Door, which won the Ruth Benedict Prize, and Sex and Sensibility. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Forward, and Jacobin, among other publications.

Arlene Stein traces the history and transformation of Holocaust consciousness from the postwar period to the present, deftly interweaving oral history, interviews, and autobiography. Reluctant Witnesses is a compelling portrayal of the paradoxes, complexities, and politics of Holocaust memory.... an important, necessary contribution.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Interrupted LivesChapter 2: Desperately Seeking NormalityChapter 3: The Children Wish to Remember What the Parents Wish to ForgetChapter 4: Claiming Victimhood, Becoming SurvivorsChapter 5: Ghosts into AncestorsChapter 6: Too Much Memory? Holocaust Fatigue in the Era of the VictimAppendix: Methodological notes, IntervieweesNotesReferencesIndex

Arlene Stein is Professor of Sociology at Rutgers and the author of three books about American culture and gender politics. Her previous works include The Stranger Next Door, which won the Ruth Benedict Prize, and Sex and Sensibility. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Forward, and Jacobin, among other publications.

Arlene Stein traces the history and transformation of Holocaust consciousness from the postwar period to the present, deftly interweaving oral history, interviews, and autobiography. Reluctant Witnesses is a compelling portrayal of the paradoxes, complexities, and politics of Holocaust memory.... an important, necessary contribution.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Interrupted LivesChapter 2: Desperately Seeking NormalityChapter 3: The Children Wish to Remember What the Parents Wish to ForgetChapter 4: Claiming Victimhood, Becoming SurvivorsChapter 5: Ghosts into AncestorsChapter 6: Too Much Memory? Holocaust Fatigue in the Era of the VictimAppendix: Methodological notes, IntervieweesNotesReferencesIndex

Arlene Stein is Professor of Sociology at Rutgers and the author of three books about American culture and gender politics. Her previous works include The Stranger Next Door, which won the Ruth Benedict Prize, and Sex and Sensibility. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Forward, and Jacobin, among other publications.

Arlene Stein traces the history and transformation of Holocaust consciousness from the postwar period to the present, deftly interweaving oral history, interviews, and autobiography. Reluctant Witnesses is a compelling portrayal of the paradoxes, complexities, and politics of Holocaust memory.... an important, necessary contribution.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Interrupted LivesChapter 2: Desperately Seeking NormalityChapter 3: The Children Wish to Remember What the Parents Wish to ForgetChapter 4: Claiming Victimhood, Becoming SurvivorsChapter 5: Ghosts into AncestorsChapter 6: Too Much Memory? Holocaust Fatigue in the Era of the VictimAppendix: Methodological notes, IntervieweesNotesReferencesIndex