Literature as resistance: survival in the camps
TitelLiterature as resistance: survival in the camps
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/004
Objectnummer03469bn
Plaats van uitgaveOxford, England
Jaar van uitgave
1986
Formaatpp79-89
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Vol. 1 Number 1, 1986 pp79-89
Beschrijving
The value of reading literature is explored, in general, followed by specific examples of the function of literature and the faculty of memory in the camps as described by witnesses. For some, such as Primo Levi, reconstructing poems and plays from memory played a significant role in keeping contact with 'the other world'.