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Matters of testimony : interpreting the scrolls of Auschwitz /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chare, Nicholas (Author), Williams, Dominic (Dominic Paul) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Sonderkommandos > Poland > Oświęcim > Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Oświęcim > Personal narratives.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: matters of testimony
  • Matters of history
  • Zalman Gradowski: literature in the death factory
  • Scattered selves: the stories of Leyb Langfus
  • Final arrangements: Zalman Lewental's histories of resistance
  • Characters and letters: Chaim Herman and Marcel Nadjary
  • The camera eye: four photographs from Birkenau
  • Conclusion: crossing the circle of flame.