This book explores the memory of the Romanian Holocaust through transnational representations strongly rooted in a Romanian past of anti-Semitism, genocide, and violence. The essays in this volume dis
Two languages—German and Romanian—inform the novels, essays, and collage poetry of Nobel laureate Herta Muller. Describing her writing as “autofictional,” Muller depicts the effects of violence, cruel
This collection traces some of the major patterns of representation for East European women in Western art and culture, while more broadly analyzing the connection between the treatment of women in a
During the Cold War, stories of espionage became popular on both sides of the Iron Curtain, capturing the imagination of readers and filmgoers alike as secret police quietly engaged in surveillance un
The communist secret police services of Central and Eastern Europe kept detailed records not only of their victims but also of the vast networks of informants and collaborators upon whom their totalit
