Being destroyed: anthropomorphizing 'L'espece humaine'
TitleBeing destroyed: anthropomorphizing 'L'espece humaine'
Author
Call number940.5318/0344
Object number07204e
Place of publicationAmsterdam, Netherlands
PublisherRodopi
Year of publication
2001
Physical descriptionpp103-126
MaterialArticle
Series titleValue inquiry book series ; v. 108
ISBN9042015055
NotesArticle from the book 'Theoretical interpretations of the Holocaust' pp103-126
Description
The book 'L'espece humaine' by Robert Antelme describes the overwhelming experience of an unimaginable transition from the society of the German concentration camps to his French home. To speak and to be heard in the emaciated state in which he had returned gave him a feeling of delirium