'This is a rich and readable collection, full of vivid, moving vignettes from the memories of sufferers. The contributors also raise many significant questions about memory, violence and interpretation of civilians' experiences of occupation and its aftermath in bitterly divided countries'.Elizabeth Tonkin, Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology, Queen's University of Belfast'A very important and thought provoking international collection of essays. ... Read moreAt a time in which mass destruction and terror are once again a daily experience for countless people in many parts of the world, these essays can help us try to make sense not only of the past but also of our own traumatic present.'Alessandro Portelli, Professor of Anglo-American Literature, University 'La Sapienza' Rome'First hand accounts of World War II will soon themselves be a thing of the past. This timely volume presents a range of empathetic yet critically sophisticated studies of ordinary people's memories of th Show Less