post-Holocaust
adjective
post-Hol·o·caust
ˌpōst-ˈhō-lə-ˌkȯst 
-ˈhä-,
also -ˌkäst,
or -ˈhȯ-lə-kȯst
: existing or occurring after the Holocaust of World War II
post-Holocaust literature
the post-Holocaust generation
Cohen wrote for post-Holocaust times, bravely countering Theodore Adorno's notion that there could be no poetry after Auschwitz.—
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At the time, the organization began collecting testimonies from survivors of the attacks as part of their Countering Antisemitism Through Testimony Collection initiative, an initiative that documents post-Holocaust antisemitism.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
Lord Eric Pickles, Britain’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, announced last summer that a panel of experts would attempt to settle a debate that has long vexed the island.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Already, the steady drumbeat of media generated by the anti-FAB press machine had rattled some in London, and Lord Eric Pickles, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, had taken note.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The concert showcased a rich tapestry of melodies and Yiddish songs, echoing the voices of Jewish and Roma musicians from both pre- and post-Holocaust eras.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
Already Israel’s response has been subject to the same cries of moral equivalence, the same demands for a premature cease-fire, the same perversion of international law from its post-Holocaust purpose.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
While in other post-Holocaust literature, survivors are often treated gently, benevolently, as quiet heroes who overcame unimaginable suffering to begin life anew, Rosenfarb is an unsparing realist, unsentimental in her portrayal of the consequences of the Holocaust experience.
—Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
Lord Eric Pickles, Britain’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, announced last summer that a panel of experts would attempt to settle a debate that has long vexed the island.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Already, the steady drumbeat of media generated by the anti-FAB press machine had rattled some in London, and Lord Eric Pickles, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, had taken note.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The concert showcased a rich tapestry of melodies and Yiddish songs, echoing the voices of Jewish and Roma musicians from both pre- and post-Holocaust eras.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
Already Israel’s response has been subject to the same cries of moral equivalence, the same demands for a premature cease-fire, the same perversion of international law from its post-Holocaust purpose.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
While in other post-Holocaust literature, survivors are often treated gently, benevolently, as quiet heroes who overcame unimaginable suffering to begin life anew, Rosenfarb is an unsparing realist, unsentimental in her portrayal of the consequences of the Holocaust experience.
—Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
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