Holocaust Chronicles: Individualizing the Holocaust Through
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shapiro, Robert M., PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House, <strong><strong>Thestrong>strong> huge number <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> victims <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> Holocaust is emotionally incomprehensible. <strong><strong>Thestrong>strong> real horror can only be apprehended on <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> individual level. In <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> case <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> Holocaust, many such records exist, since, as Ruth Wisse has observed, "many <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> Jews in <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> ghettos and concentration camps... showed more concern for preserving a record <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> incredible event <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>y were witnessing than for <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>ir own survival." <strong><strong>Thestrong>strong> studies presented in this volume survey this evidence--diaries, letters, oral histories, ghetto chronicles, rabbinic <strong>worksstrong>, collections <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> photographs, songs--that originated in Warsaw, Lodz, Vilna, Auschwitz, and elsewhere. Toge<strong><strong>thestrong>strong>r <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>se documents allow us to gain some inkling <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> experience <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> those who suffered in <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> ghettos and concentration camps--without <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> coloration and rethinkings <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> later recollections.