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A Mortuary Of Books
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Author : Elisabeth Gallas
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2019-04-30
A Mortuary Of Books written by Elisabeth Gallas and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with History categories.
Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book Council The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis’ systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire—a “mortuary of books,” as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it—with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.
A Mortuary Of Books
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2019-04-30
A Mortuary Of Books written by and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with History categories.
The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis’ systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire—a “mortuary of books,” as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it—with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.
Down Among The Dead Men
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Author : Michelle Williams
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-06-24
Down Among The Dead Men written by Michelle Williams and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Michelle Williams is young and attractive, she has close family ties as well as a busy social life - but she is far from usual. She is a mortuary technician and her job involves dealing with those things in life that many people do not wish to experience directly. Yet life in the mortuary is neither gruesome nor sad. Told with good humour and common sense, we are introduced to a host of characters - the pathologists, many of them eccentric, some downright mad; the undertakers, the hospital porters and the man from the coroner's office who sings to Michelle every morning. The incidents too ensure that no two days are ever the same. From the tragic to the hilarious they include: The fitness fanatic who was run over as he did pressups in the road on a dark night The decapitated motorcyclist The guide dog who led his owner on to the railway tracks - and left him there The forty stone man for whom an entire refrigerated lorry had to be hired because he wouldn't fit in the mortuary cooler Over the course of her first year Michelle has to deal with situations and emotions that few of us will ever experience, and does so while retaining a sense of humour and a sense of perspective.
Past Mortems
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Author : Carla Valentine
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Past Mortems written by Carla Valentine and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Medical categories.
**PRE-ORDER NOW: MURDER ISN'T EASY: THE FORENSICS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, THE FASCINATING NEW BOOK BY CARLA VALENTINE** 'Part memoir and part manifesto, Valentine's book lifts the lid on daily life in the mortuary . . . Valentine bares her own soul . . . with visceral attention to physical and emotional detail' - Wendy Moore, Guardian 'A fascinating portrait . . . one seriously intriguing read' - Glamour 'A grisly topic, but a glorious read' - Mail on Sunday A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes . . .
Corrupt Bodies
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Author : Kris Hollington
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2019-09-26
Corrupt Bodies written by Kris Hollington and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with True Crime categories.
** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION ** In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he'd gone from lowly assistant to running the UK's busiest murder morgue. He couldn't believe his luck. What he didn't know was that Southwark, operating in near-Victorian conditions, was a hotbed of corruption. Attendants stole from the dead, funeral homes paid bribes, and there was a lively trade in stolen body parts and recycled coffins. Set in the fascinating pre-DNA and psychological profiling years of 1985-87, this memoir tells a gripping and gruesome tale, with a unique insight into a world of death most of us don't ever see. Peter managed pathologists, oversaw post mortems and worked alongside Scotland Yard's Murder Squad - including on the case of the serial killer, the Stockwell Strangler. This is a thrilling tale of murder and corruption in the mid-1980s, told with insight and compassion.
Mortuary Science
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Author : John Szabo
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
Mortuary Science written by John Szabo and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Science categories.
Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.
Breaking And Making The Ancestors
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Author : Arjan Louwen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-28
Breaking And Making The Ancestors written by Arjan Louwen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with categories.
This book delves into the richness of funerary practices reflected in some 3000 urnfield graves excavated throughout the Netherlands in order to reconstruct the mortuary process associated with this fascinating funerary legacy from the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
Putting Makeup On Dead People
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Author : Jen Violi
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-24
Putting Makeup On Dead People written by Jen Violi and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-24 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Since her father's death four years ago, Donna has gone through the motions of living: her friendships are empty, she's clueless about what to do after high school graduation, and her grief keeps her isolated, cut off even from the one parent she has left. That is until she's standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers' Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes what might just give her life purpose is comforting others in death.
Mortuary Confidential
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Author : Todd Harra
language : en
Publisher: Citadel
Release Date : 2021-12-28
Mortuary Confidential written by Todd Harra and has been published by Citadel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From rookie mistakes and runaway corpses to screaming dead men and unusual requests, a collection of stories by funeral directors.
Mortuary Tales
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Author : Kashif Mashaikh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Mortuary Tales written by Kashif Mashaikh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.