'In My Country of Origin, There Was No Space for My Hopes and Dreams': Elisa Springer and Dora Klein's Rejection of Homeland and Migration to Italy.

Why did some survivors reject their homelands after liberation from the concentration camps, even when return was possible? This article examines the cases of Viennese survivor Elisa Springer and Polish survivor Dora Klein, both of whom settled permanently in Italy after the war. Drawing on their me...

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Published in:	Journal of Holocaust Research Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 160 - 176
Main Author:	Brooks, Adelaide
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2026
Subjects:	Nostalgia Social belonging Italian history Postwar reconstruction Mass migrations Country of origin (Immigrants) Antisemitism Holocaust survivors Vienna (Austria) Italy Poland
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