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Gordon J. Horwitz is Associate Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University.

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Nombre canónico
Horwitz, Gordon J.
Nombre legal
Horwitz, Gordon John
Otros nombres
Horwitz, Gordon
Fecha de nacimiento
1953-07-09
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
País (para mapa)
Etats-Unis
Lugares de residencia
Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Educación
Harvard University
Ocupaciones
professor
historian
Organizaciones
Illinois Wesleyan University
Biografía breve
Gordon J. Horwitz
is a professor of history

at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he teaches both modern global history and more specialized courses about Germany, the Holocaust, and Vienna. In 1990, he published In the Shadow of Death: Living Outside the Gates of Mauthausen, a study of the way in which the civilian population surrounding a Nazi concentration camp in Austria related to the camp. In 2008, he published Ghettostadt: Łódź and the Making of a Nazi City. He was appointed to the Davis U. Merwin Endowed Professorship in History in 2015.

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As the title suggests, Ghettostadt covers both the Lodz ghetto and the city itself, renamed Litzmannstadt under Nazi rule. And while Horowitz does go into detail to explain the terrible living conditions and daily struggles of life in the ghetto, he definitely fell short in detailing the non-ghetto aspect. It was mostly only used to show a contrast to how well-off the Germans of Litsmannstadt were. Considering the sub-title of the book implies there would be more detail on this aspect, it is a little disappointing he didn't further explore life in Litzmannstadt.… (más)
 
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kaiser_matias | 2 reseñas más. | Aug 22, 2014 |
An excellent history of the Lodz ghetto, with details about the city of Lodz/Litzmannstadt was well. Accounts of Litzmannstadt flourishing and getting bigger and better and more beautiful every day are in stark contrast to the blighted, dying ghetto. The author's portrait of Rumkowski, the ghetto's controversial leader, is balanced but sympathetic.
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meggyweg | 2 reseñas más. | Mar 6, 2009 |

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