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Liberation as a process shaped by Holocaust survivors` distinct historical and geographic circumstances. The liberation of the camps at the end of World War II has often been portrayed as a singular rapturous juncture. The authors in this volume collectively underscore the necessity of reconceptualizing liberation in a manner that transcends triumphalist narratives, foregrounding instead the inherent complexity, variability, and frequently tragic limitations confronted by Jewish Holocaust survivors in the ≫aftermath≪ of genocide. They demonstrate how local conditions, political structures, and social relationships shaped survivors` experiences of the war`s end and their attempts to rebuild their lives. Includes: Monika Flaschka: That`s what women are for, just to rape them: Soviet Rape of Holocaust Survivors Katerina Králová: The Fluidity of Liberation: Jewish Survivors in Postwar Greece Johannes Meerwald: There is no feeling of newfound freedom ? Jewish Prisoners in Southern Bavaria at Liberation Der Band erscheint vollständig in englischer Sprache.