Dying in the death camps as acts of defiance
TitleDying in the death camps as acts of defiance
Author
Call number155.937/0001
Object number11644b
Place of publicationSeattle, United States
PublisherUniversity of Washinton Press
Year of publication
2016
Physical descriptionpp17-30
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from Facing death: confronting mortality in the Holocaust and ourselves
Description
Concerns the dying of those who ended their lives by suicide. What we know about these self-inflicted deaths comes to us from survivors of the camps who witnessed such dying and subsequently wrote about it. Some who witnessed others chose this option later in their lives. "Death with dignity" and embracing death in the form of one's own choosing is not an act of dignity but "a product of the basic human condition"