Landscapes of the metropolis of death : reflections on memory and imagination
by Kulka, Otto Dov (Author)
Summary
The historian reveals his experiences as a child inmate at Auschwitz, presenting a personal and historical account of life at the camp and of the private mythology he constructed to understand his past. Full description
- 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 scenes 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.