Narrating the Holocaust

In this literary study of memoirs describing the horrors of concentration camps, the principal question asked is: How did the survivors find the words to talk about their experiences. This book reflects the situations in camp that triggered these responses, and shows how the professional authors adapted certain literary genres e.g. the travel story, the Hassidic tale to serve as models for communication, while the vast majority who were not trained as writers merely used the form of the report