Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination

Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2013

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Octavo; xii, 127 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. The historian reveals his experiences as a child inmate at Auschwitz, presenting a personal and historical account of life at the camp and of the private mythology he constructed to understand his pastContents: 1. A prologue that could also be an epilogue. 2. Between Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. 3. The final liquidation of the 'family camp'. Autumn 1944: Auschwitz, ghostly metropolis. 5. Observations and perplexities about scenes in the memory. 6. Three poems from the brink of the gas chambers. 7. Journey to the satellite city of the metropolis of death. 8. Landscapes of a private mythology. 9. Rivers which cannot be crossed and the 'Gate of the Law'. 10. In search of history and memory. Three chapters from the diaries. 11. Dream: Jewish Prague and the Great Death; 12. Doctor Mengele frozen in time; 13. God's grieving. Language Notes: "Text originally written in Hebrew and translated by Ralph Mandel, except 'Ghetto in an annihilation camp', which was first presented in English at the Fourth Yad Vashem International History Conference"--Publisher's note. Fine in fine jacket.…

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Title
Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination
Author
Kulka, Otto Dov
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Publication year
2013
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Hardcover
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First Harvard University Press edition.
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