Do facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
TitleDo facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
Author
Call number940.5318/0289
Object number02430b
Place of publicationSyracuse, New York, United States
PublisherSyracuse University Press
Year of publication
2006
Physical descriptionpp21-42
MaterialArticle
Series titleReligion, Theology and the Holocaust
ISBN9780815630647
NotesArticle from the book 'Obliged by memory' pp21-42
Description
This essay explores what happens to the gap between facts and writing when the latter is concerned with issues of great collective significance such as the Holocaust. Two examples are discussed -Fragments and All Rivers Run to the Sea, both raise questions about memory and its relation to historical truth.
