Resistance in the camps
TitoloResistance in the camps
Autore
Call number940.5337/0069
Numero oggetto09013w
Luogo di pubblicazioneWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Anno di pubblicazione
2014
Paginazionepp547-593
MaterialeArticle
ISBN9780813225890
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish resistance against the Nazis' edited by Patrick Henry, pp 547-593
Descrizione
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