G Siertsema
Biographic Data
| ID | 6809636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Siertsema |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Siertsema |
| SIGNATURE | SIERTSEMA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1585-8750 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fictional Representations of Hitler
One of Michael Butter's findings in The Epitome of Evil: Hitler in American Fiction 1939Fiction -2000 is that the realist mode of representation aims to show the moral superiority of America, whereas the later postmodern approach is less based on the good-evil dichotomy.In her chapter on Hitler in Perpetrators in Holocaust Narratives, Joanne Pettitt discerns two opposing trends: one towards mythologizing and demonizing Hitler, placing him outside…
Jaap W. Focke, Machseh Lajesoumim. A Jewish Orphanage in the City of Leiden, 1890-1943
The Story of the Jewish Dutch Diamond Workers during WWII
This article sketches the historical background of Sieg Maandag's story. His father was a Jewish diamond worker who, when the Netherlands were occupied by the Germans, was exempted from deportation. The Germans wanted to set up a diamond industry of their own and the diamond workers managed to negotiate their exemption to include their direct families as well. However, in the course of 1943 the exemption turned out to be temporary. The diamond wo…
The Tension between Fact and Fiction in Holocaust Literature
For a long time, factual truth was a prerequisite for Holocaust literature. Thus, autobiographical texts were strongly preferred over fiction. From the 1980s onward, however, the boundaries between ‘fabricated’ and ‘true’ turn out to be blurred, though scandals still arise when something that was thought to be true turns out to be fabricated or non-autobiographical. For theologians who are looking for answers to the theodicy question in Holocaust…
Johannes Houwink ten Cate en Bob Moore, Het geheime dagboek van Arnold Douwes, Jodenredder
The kind of spirit that people still kept’
A higher percentage of Dutch Jews were exterminated in death camps during World War II than from any Western European country except Germany. Although scholars address myriad aspects of this vexing history, silences remain regarding how certain Dutch groups managed to survive. For example, Dutch historiographies devote fewer than a dozen pages to the 100 surviving members of Amsterdam’s Diamond Group, which included over 1000 individuals in 1940.…
The kind of spirit that people still kept’
A higher percentage of Dutch Jews were exterminated in death camps during World War II than from any Western European country except Germany. Although scholars address myriad aspects of this vexing history, silences remain regarding how certain Dutch groups managed to survive. For example, Dutch historiographies devote fewer than a dozen pages to the 100 surviving members of Amsterdam’s Diamond Group, which included over 1000 individuals in 1940.…
The kind of spirit that people still kept’
A higher percentage of Dutch Jews were exterminated in death camps during World War II than from any Western European country except Germany. Although scholars address myriad aspects of this vexing history, silences remain regarding how certain Dutch groups managed to survive. For example, Dutch historiographies devote fewer than a dozen pages to the 100 surviving members of Amsterdam’s Diamond Group, which included over 1000 individuals in 1940.…
Johannes Houwink ten Cate en Bob Moore, Het geheime dagboek van Arnold Douwes, Jodenredder
The Tension between Fact and Fiction in Holocaust Literature
For a long time, factual truth was a prerequisite for Holocaust literature. Thus, autobiographical texts were strongly preferred over fiction. From the 1980s onward, however, the boundaries between ‘fabricated’ and ‘true’ turn out to be blurred, though scandals still arise when something that was thought to be true turns out to be fabricated or non-autobiographical. For theologians who are looking for answers to the theodicy question in Holocaust…
Jaap W. Focke, Machseh Lajesoumim. A Jewish Orphanage in the City of Leiden, 1890-1943
The Story of the Jewish Dutch Diamond Workers during WWII
This article sketches the historical background of Sieg Maandag's story. His father was a Jewish diamond worker who, when the Netherlands were occupied by the Germans, was exempted from deportation. The Germans wanted to set up a diamond industry of their own and the diamond workers managed to negotiate their exemption to include their direct families as well. However, in the course of 1943 the exemption turned out to be temporary. The diamond wo…
Fictional Representations of Hitler
One of Michael Butter's findings in The Epitome of Evil: Hitler in American Fiction 1939Fiction -2000 is that the realist mode of representation aims to show the moral superiority of America, whereas the later postmodern approach is less based on the good-evil dichotomy.In her chapter on Hitler in Perpetrators in Holocaust Narratives, Joanne Pettitt discerns two opposing trends: one towards mythologizing and demonizing Hitler, placing him outside…
Art (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · German History and Society (2 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (2 works)