Reporting the Holocaust in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press, 1945-50

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-18

3. The First Responses to the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Concentration Camps

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      Pages 19-19

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   2. The British Press Responds to the Liberation of the Concentration Camps

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      Pages 21-35

   3. The Swedish Press and the Liberation of the Camps

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      Pages 36-55

   4. The Finnish Press and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps

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      Pages 56-72

4. The Nuremberg Trial 1945–6 and the Holocaust through Press Discourses in Britain, Sweden and Finland

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Responding to the Nazi Crimes: The British Press and the Nuremberg Trial

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      Pages 75-88

   3. Victors, Vanquished and Neutrals: The Swedish Press and the Nuremberg Trial

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      Pages 89-106

   4. The Nuremberg Trial in the Finnish Press Discourse

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      Pages 107-121

5. From Suffering to Silence: The Press and Holocaust Discourses, 1946–50

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. The Problem of Displaced Jews and the Holocaust

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      Pages 125-148

   3. The Holocaust, the Founding of Israel and the Arab-Israeli War in the British, Swedish and Finnish Press

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      Pages 149-171

   4. Forgetting to Remember: The Press Discourse, the Cold War and Conjunctures of Remembrance

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      Pages 172-191

6. Conclusions

   1. Conclusions

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      Pages 192-201

7. Back Matter

   Pages 202-276

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Examining how the press in Britain, Sweden and Finland responded to the Holocaust immediately after the Second World War, Holmila offers new insights into the challenge posed by the Holocaust for liberal democracies by looking at the reporting of the liberation of the camps, the Nuremberg trial and the Jewish immigration to Palestine.

• Britain
• Holocaust
• Judaism
• migration

• Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

  Antero Holmila

ANTERO HOLMILA Lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His other books include the first in-depth textbook about the Holocaust written in Finnish, Holokausti. Tapahtumat ja Tulkinnat, and an edited volume on the Winter War and the World's Press - Talvisota muiden silmin. Maailman lehdistö ja Suomen taistelu.

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