Do facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
TitreDo facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0289
N° d'objet02430b
Lieu de publicationSyracuse, New York, United States
EditeurSyracuse University Press
Année de publication
2006
Paginationpp21-42
MatérielArticle
SérieReligion, Theology and the Holocaust
ISBN9780815630647
NotesArticle from the book 'Obliged by memory' pp21-42
Description
This essay explores what happens to the gap between facts and writing when the latter is concerned with issues of great collective significance such as the Holocaust. Two examples are discussed -Fragments and All Rivers Run to the Sea, both raise questions about memory and its relation to historical truth.
