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Landscapes of the metropolis of death : reflections on memory and imagination

Title
Landscapes of the metropolis of death : reflections on memory and imagination / by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel.
Author
Kulka, Otto Dov.
Publication
London : Allen Lane, 2013.

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Description
xii, 126 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Kulka, Otto Dov
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Czech
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
Contents
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 .
Call Number
JFD 13-2088
ISBN
  • 9781846146831 (hbk.)
  • 1846146836 (hbk.)
  • 9780718197018 (ebook)
  • 0718197011 (ebook)
OCLC
810949981
Author
Kulka, Otto Dov.
Title
Landscapes of the metropolis of death : reflections on memory and imagination / by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel.
Imprint
London : Allen Lane, 2013.
Language
Translated from the German.
Research Call Number
JFD 13-2088
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