The War After

by Anne Karpf

Anne Karpf's Jewish parents survived the holocaust after indescribable suffering. In post-war Britian, Anne devoted her to life to trying to compensate for their suffering. The affect it had on her is depicted in this account of coming to terms with a painful heritage.

Genres: Holocaust

Hardcover

First published June 24, 1996

Reviews

[Rachael Cardigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be more of 3.5 but have rounded down my rating to 3 stars because even though I loved part 1 and 3 of the book, part 2 was very boring.

Part 1 and 3 are more related to her personal experience of being a child of Holocaust survivors and this comes across in her writing, these sections are highly readable, very engaging and offer a lot of insight into a perspective I hadn’t heard a lot of. Part 2 reads more like a research paper and I found it very dull. Whilst full of interesting statistics it lacks any personal connection, which I think this writer is better at conveying.

[Yehudit Levinson]

A comprehensive book about being a second generation Holocaust survivor in England.
Written in the 1990s, it felt very dated, as much of what she wrote about has become more generally acknowledged.

Karpf also compares British society's dealings with holocaust survivors and American attitudes. The book appeared well researched, drawing on much of the literature available at the time of writing.