Zwój Estery a Szoa
The Book of Esther and Shoah

Biblical, Exciting and Attractive Face of Postmemory

Summary/Abstract: The article contains an analysis of the construction of the narrative of the Shoah,using motifs from the Book of Esther. Non -fiction book: Code of Esther, 2013(Le Code d’Esther, 2012), written by French journalists: Bernard Benyamin andYohan Perez is a record of investigative journalism. During the investigation variousinterpretations of the “enigmatic” words of Julius Streicher – a Nazi warcriminal in the context of the biblical text are recalled. The title of the bookand its cover’s design predicts sensation while the attractiveness of the communicationis achieved by using of multimedia elements (online videos illustratingthe described events, accessible through QR codes placed in the book), andan invitation to interact through thematic websites, social networking sites likeFacebook and Twitter. The authors, belonging to the “second generation”, deriveknowledge and experiences through mediation, which is the reason of the treatmentof the book in terms of post -memory.

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