The end of the war was not the end of suffering for the Greek survivors of the Shoah. Neither the joy of liberation nor the hopes of a new beginning can obscure their utter misery and isolation during the post-war years. Based on my research, the seminar will present aspects of a difficult return, both regarding the Jewish community and specific individuals: efforts to overcome trauma, to recover economically, dilemmas about immigration, the persistence of antisemitism, and the impact of the civil war.
Chair: Professor Panagiotis Roilos
Graduate Co-ordinator: Alexia Wang
Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.
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