Reading Auschwitz / Mary D. Lagerwey.

• Borrowed memories and grand narratives -- Different horrors -- Situated voices -- Chaos -- Reflections -- Appendix : book-length published memoirs of Auschwitz available in English.

• Examines Holocaust memoirs by six survivors of Auschwitz: Jean Amery, Charlotte Delbo, Fania Fenelon, Szymon Laks, Primo Levi, and Sara Nomberg-Przytyk. Shows how gender, profession, nationality, ethnicity, the status of each of them in the camp, etc., color their personal stories. Reflects on the chaos of Auschwitz and on the role of the grotesque in the survivors' narratives. Compares these six narratives to those by Anne Frank and Eli Wiesel. Pp. 161-166 contain a list of book-length memoirs of Auschwitz published in English. 

Ämnesord

Förintelsen  (sao)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)  -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)  (LCSH)

Polen  -- Oświęcim (sao)

Poland  -- Oświęcim.

1939-1945  (fast)

Genre

Bibliography.  (fast)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

Personal narratives.  (fast)

Bibliographies.  (lcgft)

Personnamn

Lagerwey, Mary D. (Mary Deane)

Lagerwey, Mary D. (Mary Deane) -- Journeys -- Poland -- Oświęcim.

Institutionsnamn

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Auschwitz (koncentrationsläger)

Konferensnamn

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Klassifikation

D804.195 (LCC)

000092890 (NLM)

940.53/18 (DDC)

15.70 (bcl)

Koafh-a.54 (kssb/8 (machine generated))