{"product_id":"testimonies-of-resistance-representations-of-the-auschwitz-birkenau-sonderkommando-9781789203417","title":"Testimonies of Resistance: Representations of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe Sonderkommando—the “special squad” of enslaved Jewish laborers who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau—comprise one of the most fascinating and troubling topics within Holocaust history. As eyewitnesses to and unwilling abettors of the murder of their fellow Jews, they are the object of fierce condemnation even today. Yet it was a group of these seemingly compromised men who carried out the revolt of October 7, 1944, one of the most celebrated acts of Holocaust resistance. This interdisciplinary collection assembles careful investigations into how the Sonderkommando have been represented—by themselves and by others—both during and after the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, the collection offers exciting and also new perspectives on the representations of the Sonderkommando and it will be interesting for researchers from different disciplines.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is yet another outstanding book from Nicholas Chare and Dominic Williams. Each chapter offers an interesting perspective and keen insights into the Sonderkommando, the Scrolls of Auschwitz, and Holocaust representation, and I came away with new appreciation for them all.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sarah Cushman\u003c\/strong\u003e, Northwestern University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eTestimonies of Resistance \u003cem\u003eis an important volume that addresses a topic that has not been explored in sufficient depth so far, connecting it to crucial debates on the “gray zone,” resistance, and moral action. It is a vital contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies and beyond.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Svenja Bethke\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Leicester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnne Karpf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Testimonies of Resistance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas Chare and Dominic Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Historical and Ethical Questions of Representation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Knowing Cruelty: The Negation of Death and Burial in SS Violence\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGriselda Pollock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Makes the Grey Zone Grey? Blurring Factual and Ethical Judgements of the Sonderkommando\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDominic Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Witnessing from the Heart of Hell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Farewell Letter from the Crematorium: On the Authorship of the First Recorded ‘Sonderkommando-Manuscript’ and the Discovery of the Original Letter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas Kilian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e To Read the Illegible: Techniques of Multispectral Imaging and the Manuscripts of the Jewish Sonderkommando of Auschwitz-Birkenau\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePavel Polian and Aleksandr Nikityaev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Like a True Greek’: The Last Will and Testimony of Marcel Natzari\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eK.E. Fleming\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Disinterred Words: The Letters of Herman Strasfogel and Marcel Nadjary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas Chare, Ersy Contogouris and Dominic Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Letter of Herman Strasfogel\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Ersy Contogouris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Letter of Marcel Nadjary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Ersy Contogouris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Religious Life of Sonderkommando Members inside the Killing Installations in Auschwitz-Birkenau\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGideon Greif\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Retrospective Representations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Doubly Cursed: The Sonderkommando in the Documents of the International Tracing Service\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDan Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Enduring Witness: David Olère’s Visual Testimony\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCarol Zemel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sonderkommando and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDominic Williams and Isabel Wollaston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Early and Late Testimonies of the Sonderkommando Survivors\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGideon Greif\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Special Operations Executive to Sonderkommando: Sebastian Faulks and the Anxiety of Invention\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSue Vice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Out of the Plan, Out of the Plane 2: Stripping, Fourth Letter to Gerhard Richter\u003cbr\u003e \tGeorges Didi-Huberman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Greeks in the Birkenau Sonderkommando: Representation and Reality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteven Bowman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Cinema and the Sonderkommando\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘We Did Something’: Framing Resistance in Cinematic Depictions of the Sonderkommando\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBarry Langford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘We Can’t Know What We’re Capable Of ’: Approaching the ‘Grey Zone’ in Holocaust Film\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAdam Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sonderkommando on Screen\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePhilippe Mesnard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tracing Topographies of Memory and Mourning\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVictor Jeleniewski Seidler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042554872151,"sku":"9781789203417","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789203417.jpg?v=1750954620","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/testimonies-of-resistance-representations-of-the-auschwitz-birkenau-sonderkommando-9781789203417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}