Resistance in the camps
TitleResistance in the camps
Author
Call number940.5337/0069
Object number09013w
Place of publicationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp547-593
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780813225890
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish resistance against the Nazis' edited by Patrick Henry, pp 547-593
Description
Van Pelt studied the onslaught that the inmates suffered in the various camps and which they sought to resist. He seeks to understand the reality of the camps by comparing and contrasting different types: paradise, hades, purgatory, hell and gehenna. The death camps constituted hell where finally one's individuality was at stake. The tattoo in Auschwitz replaced one's name and all attempts to avoid a bestial existence constituted resistance