Yellow Star, Red Star approaches Holocaust studies from a post-Communist perspective and is an important contribution to the historical canon.
(Foreword) Jelena Subotic has written a fine, compelling and angry book. In Yellow Star, Red Star, she argues that Holocaust history in post-Communist countries has been ignored, subverted, adapted, adopted and misused and, in the two Balkan countries, used as a prop for creating post-Yugoslav national identities.
(Financial Times) The complicated politics of memory and commemoration regarding the Holocaust in post-communist Eastern Europe is the subject of Suboti's thoughtful analysis... Disturbing in its implications, this well-written and reasoned work is required reading for those studying history and memory.
(Choice) Yellow Star, Red Star is an excellent, in-depth analysis of current political processes afflicting postcommunist Holocaust memory. It should be required reading for anyone studying Eastern Europe, Holocaust memory, and the current rise of ethno-nationalism.
(H-Net:Humanities and Social Sciences) Yellow Star, Red Star is a scientifically well-grounded work recommended as a seminal volume, a must read for those with an interest in Serbian, Croatian, and Lithuanian history.
(Intersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics) Mrázek's social and anthropological history, together with Subotić's analysis of the historical and current factors of Holocaust remembrance has significantly expanded the field of literature. From the lives of people incarcerated in camps to the lives of people trapped by mythohistories and competitive victimhood, Mrázek and Subotić allow readers to walk in the footsteps and footfalls of history.
(REVIEWS IN HISTORY) Jelena Subotic's book has earned all the accolades it has so far received. It is an excellent foundation for a serious discussion and understanding of the moment we live in.
(Tragovi) Compellingly argued and written with genuine literary flair, Jelena Subotić's study is also a call to action, urging us to look more critically at the ways in which memory can be manipulated to suit political needs.
(Stray Satellite) Cronin's biography vividly depicts the colourful career, penetrating intellect and literary talent which made him one of the most interesting, if not influential, Russian conservative thinkers of the nineteenth century.
(Slavonic and East European Review) Jelena Subotić's second book is a compelling and prescient warning on the dangers inherent in contemporary political re-framing of Holocaust memory. Yellow Star, Red Star is bold and necessary.
(Journal of Contemporary History Book)
