Reading the Holocaust
Clendinnen, Inga
Reading the Holocaust - Cambridge [England] Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1999. - ix, 227 pages illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' point of view. She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of writers such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo, the vexed issue of 'resistance' in the camps, and strategies for understanding the motivations of the Nazi leadership. She focuses an. Anthropologist's precise gaze on the actions of the murderers in the police battalions and among the SS in the camps. And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film.
Konzentrationslager Auschwitz -- Lager Birkenau Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism.
940.5318072 / CLE
Reading the Holocaust - Cambridge [England] Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1999. - ix, 227 pages illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' point of view. She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of writers such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo, the vexed issue of 'resistance' in the camps, and strategies for understanding the motivations of the Nazi leadership. She focuses an. Anthropologist's precise gaze on the actions of the murderers in the police battalions and among the SS in the camps. And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film.
Konzentrationslager Auschwitz -- Lager Birkenau Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism.
940.5318072 / CLE