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Matters of Testimony: Interpreting the Scrolls of Auschwitz
Nicholas Chare
Matters of Testimony: Interpreting the Scrolls of Auschwitz
Nicholas Chare
In 1944, a number of Sonderkommando-"special squads" of Jewish prisoners who kept the gas chambers running smoothly-buried on the grounds of Auschwitz a series of remarkable eyewitness accounts. This study reconstructs their history and textual content, revealing literary works that raise troubling questions about the nature of testimony.
264 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 1, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781785333521 |
Publishers | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 264 |
Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 14 mm · 402 g |
Language | English |
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