Description
Book SynopsisChildren have a specific perception of the Holocaust: it did not destroy their earlier world view, but became the field of first experiences. This book focuses on the traumatic dimension of the Holocaust and how it is expressed (or left unexpressed) in children’s diaries.
«Here and Now» under the German Occupation presents an analysis of diaries and school elaborations written in Polish by Jewish children during German Occupation
. A Literary Return to Childhood during the Holocaust is dedicated to Polish retrospective literature, in which authors return to the experience of the Holocaust during their childhood years.
Table of ContentsContents: Horror and the Holocaust - experience beyond words – The Paradox - only a child’s words give voice to the inexpressible – Children write the journey of death - unfolding before their very eyes – The Shoah - looming, unavoidable, threatening, without alternative – Children - a tabula rasa – The German Occupation - a record of unending nightmare – Man is naked - stripped of ethics, rules, relations – Events are beyond the known, beyond judgement – Beyond the moral divide – The world needs to be restrained in the word.
