MATERIALS: Apokrypha under the title Josl Rakower Addresses God Cover Image

MATERIAŁY: Apokryf pod tytułem Josl Rakower mówi do Boga
MATERIALS: Apokrypha under the title Josl Rakower Addresses God

Author(s): Michał Borwicz
Subject(s): History
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: texts on the Holocaust; apocryphal texts

Summary/Abstract: Michał Borwicz's text published in 1955 in “Almanach”, a Yiddish periodical, is the first serious historical and literary analysis, which proves that Josl Rakower Addresses God supposedly an authentic voice from the burning Warsaw ghetto, is apocryphal. It is also the first important, voice in a discussion regarding the need to clearly separate the hic et nunc Holocaust testimonies from literary texts on the Holocaust (written ex post).

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 287-294
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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