Introduction

Abstract

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Biographies of Belonging in the Holocaust

“…26 Not surprisingly, given that politics is hegemonic and that belonging allows for multiple, if seemingly contradictory expressions, attachments, and loyalties, the first two elements of belonging often clash. 27 The contributions in this section explore belonging in connection to interwar nationalizing projects and wartime institutionalized persecution. Kubátová and Vrzgulová analyze the geographical, societal, and political dimensions of the shifting meanings assigned to "locals" in eastern Slovakia in the 1930s and 1940s.…”