Jews' diaries and chronicles
TitleJews' diaries and chronicles
Author
Call number940.5318/0385
Object number06034z
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp397-413
MaterialArticle
Series titleOxford handbooks
ISBN9780199211869
NotesArticle from the book ' The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies' pp397-413
Description
Without documentation by Jewish sources, understanding of the Holocaust would be impaired. Jews from all ages and cultural backgrounds wrote diaries and memoirs in nearly all locations including Auschwitz. Analyses different types of diaries, and comments on whether these texts bear witness to the persistence of the human spirit or precisely the opposite