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What's the Word? Literature by Child Survivors of the Holocaust

From Modern Language Association | 00:30:01
Producers: Sally Placksin

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Fiction and a memoir by child survivors.

In recent decades, the field of Holocaust studies has expanded to include a wide variety of voices in many different media. One group of writers were children during the holocaust. In memoirs and fiction, they write about the events they lived through--and survived. Ruth Kluger talks about her memoir, _Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered_; Michael Rothberg discusses the novel _Fateless_ by Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz; and Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi explores Aharon Appelfeld's novel _The Age of Wonders_.

Well-suited to Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2005.

Photo Credit: USHMM, courtesy of Memorijalni Muzej Jasenovac

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In recent decades, the field of Holocaust studies has expanded to include a wide variety of voices in many different media. One group of writers were children during the holocaust. In memoirs and fiction, they write about the events they lived through--and survived. Ruth Kluger talks about her memoir, _Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered_; Michael Rothberg discusses the novel _Fateless_ by Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz; and Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi explores Aharon Appelfeld's novel _The Age of Wonders_. Well-suited to Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2005. Photo Credit: USHMM, courtesy of Memorijalni Muzej Jasenov...
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Review of Literature by Child Survivors of the Holocaust

This is a very nicely produced half-hour exploration of diaries, memoirs and fiction of the holocaust. Different literary approaches to the horrors of the holocaust are unique to time written and motivation of the authors. The day-to-day chaos is captured in diaries. Memoirs bear witness to events after the fact. It was a very interesting discussion with nice set ups, a wonderful mix of voices and high production values. At times however this program verged toward being overly academic and the read tended to be a little earnest and dramatic.

This is a nice program, one that would fit nicely on most news and information stations.

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Original feed on April 21, 2005

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