- Summary
- "Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction, of six Holocaust survivors who lived through and chronicled the Nazi genocide. Drawing extensively on the works of Victor Klemperer, Ruth Kluger, Michal Glowinski, Primo Levi, Imre Kertesz and Bela Zsolt, this books conveys, with vivid detail, the persecution of the Jews from the beginning of the Third Reich until its very end. It gives us a sense both of what the Holocaust meant to the wider community swept up in the horrors and what it was like for the individual to weather one of the most shocking events in history. Survivors and witnesses disappear, and history, not memory, becomes the instrument for recalling the past. Judith M. Hughes secures a place for narratives by those who experienced the Holocaust in person. This compelling text is a vital read for all students of the Holocaust and Holocaust memory."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Series
- Perspectives on the Holocaust
Perspectives on the Holocaust.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Hughes, Judith M., author.
- Published
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018
©2018
- Contents
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"Everything I considered unGerman ... flourishes here": Victor Klemperer
"How completely homeless I am"
"Murder is ... at our heels"
Coda
Childhoods, disrupted: Ruth Kluger and Michal Glowinski
"Timescapes"
"Flashes of memory"
"Hier ist kein warum" (There Is no why here): Primo Levi
"The demolition of a man"
January 1945
Henri testifies
Coda
"Naturally": Imre Kertész
"I ought to have been learning ... about Auschwitz"
"I would like to live a little longer"
Coda
An escape story: Béla Zsolt
Missed opportunity (1)
Missed opportunity (2)
In the ghetto
The Kasztner train
Conclusion.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-151) and index.
"Everything I considered unGerman ... flourishes here": Victor Klemperer -- "How completely homeless I am" -- "Murder is ... at our heels" -- Coda -- Childhoods, disrupted: Ruth Kluger and Michal Glowinski -- "Timescapes" -- "Flashes of memory" -- "Hier ist kein warum" (There Is no why here): Primo Levi -- "The demolition of a man" -- January 1945 -- Henri testifies -- Coda -- "Naturally": Imre Kertész -- "I ought to have been learning ... about Auschwitz" -- "I would like to live a little longer" -- Coda -- An escape story: Béla Zsolt -- Missed opportunity (1) -- Missed opportunity (2) -- In the ghetto -- The Kasztner train -- Conclusion.
