Maszynopis „Największa chwała” ze zbiorów Biblioteki Teologicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, a nowela „Wigilia w kacecie” ks. Huberta Lacha
The “Największa chwała” typescript from the collections of the Theological Library of the University of Silesia versus the “Wigilia w kacecie” novella by Fr. Hubert Lach

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the typescript of the novella entitled “Największa chwała” along its released version, published under the title “Wigilia w kacecie”. Its author, Fr. Hubert Lach, was a former inmate of the Auschwitz and Mauthausen concentration camps. The author of the study came upon the typescript and the other documents of Fr. Hubert Lach discussed in the text entirely by coincidence while searching the Theological Library of the University of Silesia in 2018. The novella, modifi ed and condensed, was published in the 2010 collection “Camp novellas”. Taking into account the historical context, the author of the article analysed and interpreted the text of the novella, arguing that Fr. Hubert Lach founded the narrative of his numerous works on the letter as a genre of applied literature. The article presents the biographical note of Fr. Hubert Lach and his accomplishments as a writer without providing a critical scientifi c appraisal of his literature. The focus was placed particularly on the meaning of suffering and the mechanisms of defence against total enslavement as important themes explored in the novella.

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