Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust investigates the role humor plays in remembering and shaping contemporary understandings of the Holocaust. Coeditors David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt present essays written by thinkers with backgrounds in Jewish history, Yiddish studies, humanities as well as cultural, film, and media studies. The book features a wide range of attention-grabbing titles including “Too Soon? Yiddish Humor and the Holocaust in Postwar Poland,” “‘This Way to the Ovens, Señoras y Señores’: Holocaust Cartoons in Latin America,” and “The Holocaust Was the Worst: Remembering the Holocaust Through Third-Generation Jokes,” and is divided in two parts: “Aftermath” and “Breaking Taboos.” The examples considered date from shortly after WWII to the present time. Five of the fourteen essays focus on how Holocaust humor in the United States shares characteristics with Holocaust humor in other cultures but also diverges due to the unique history of Jews in...

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