cry of the desperate and the fortitude of the remaining will suffice: Commemorative literature, documentation and the study of the Holocaust, 1945-1961

According to common wisdom, Israelis during the country's early years were not interested in reading stories about Holocaust victims. An examination of Holocaust books published in Israel from 1945 to1961 paints a more complex picture. This essay examines the various forms of research, and the policies pursued by Israeli publishers in publishing Holocaust books and the reactions to them in the contemporary press