Hell on the promised land. On the Israel Rabon’s war memoirs Cover Image

Piekło na ziemi obiecanej. Wspomnienia wojenne Izraela Rabona
Hell on the promised land. On the Israel Rabon’s war memoirs

Author(s): Izabela Olejnik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: „Fartseykhenungen fun yor 1939” (Sketches of the year 1939); Israel Rabon; II world war; memories; eyewitness testimony

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns Israel Rabon’s war memoirs written during the war. It describes circumstances of their origins and also reconstructs his war biography. Author’s aim is to presents the process of gradual destruction of Łódź, Rabon’s home city, after the outbreak of the II World War and its impact on everyday life of the inhabitants.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 205-220
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish