ON SEEING THE INVISIBLE DIMENSIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST
The greatest Holocaust literature makes visible the invisible dimensions of history. Moving beyond the analysis of cause and effect, penetrating subjective experience deeper than any science can, it strives to reveal what cannot be seen because once-existing eyes have been glazed by death. Auschwitz...
| Published in: | Holocaust and genocide studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1986
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Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Summary: | The greatest Holocaust literature makes visible the invisible dimensions of history. Moving beyond the analysis of cause and effect, penetrating subjective experience deeper than any science can, it strives to reveal what cannot be seen because once-existing eyes have been glazed by death. Auschwitz was full of eyes. Some watched them and survived, including those of Ka-tzetnik 135633. That is not Yehiel Dinur's real name. And yet it is, because this young reporter in pre-war Poland saw those figures etched into the flesh of his left arm. Dinur lived to write. Worthy of greater attention than they have received, the prose poems in his Star Eternal (New York: Arbor House, 1971) are among the unrivaled gems of Holocaust reflection. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/1.1.147 |