Landscapes of the metropolis of death reflections on memory and imagination / Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel.
| Author/creator | Kulka, Otto Dov |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First Harvard University Press edition. |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xii, 127 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 senes 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | "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. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012041721 |
| ISBN | 9780674072893 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |