Landscapes of the metropolis of death : reflections on memory and imagination / by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel
- Author:
- Kulka, Otto Dov
- Published:
- London : Allen Lane, 2013.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Hebrew.
- 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 .
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781846146831 (hbk.)
1846146836 (hbk.)
9780718197018 (ebook)
0718197011 (ebook)
View MARC record | catkey: 9493415