 Study the Holocaust Through Deaf Eyes
Special 20% Discount for H-Holocaust Members! Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Deaf People in
Hitler’s
Europe, edited by Donna F. Ryan and John S. Schuchman, is a collection of
essays that were inspired by the Deaf People in Hitler’s
Europe, 1933-1945, conference staged at Gallaudet University in 1998.
“The conference included formal academic
presentations as well as witness panels, a screening of the 1932 film
Verkannte Menschen (Misjudged People), an opportunity for deaf Europeans to
formally join the Survivors’ Registry at the museum, and a moving ecumenical
memorial service for deaf Holocaust victims conducted by Fred Friedman, a deaf
rabbi, in the [museum’s]
Hall of Witness. After the conference, it seemed appropriate to publish some of
the presentations,” writes co-author Donna F. Ryan
in her preface.
Divided into three parts, Racial Hygiene, The German Experience, and The
Jewish Deaf Experience, this volume presents papers on such topics as
the role of medical professionals in deciding who
should be sterilized, forbidden to marry, or murdered; the expense of educating
deaf students when they could not be soldiers or bear
“healthy”
children; and the plight of deaf Jews in Hungary. You can read more about this
important facet of the Holocaust in an excerpt from
Part III: The
Jewish Deaf Experience, and
order this
vital study at 20% off the regular price.
Deaf People in Hitler’s Europe is the third publication on the topic
of the Holocaust and deaf experiences. Other titles include
Surviving in Silence: A Deaf Boy in the
Holocaust, The Harry I. Dunai Story by Eleanor C. Dunai and Horst Biesold’s
Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf
People in Nazi Germany.
Spring 2003 Catalog
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