Bibliograph

Landscapes of the metropolis of death, reflections on memory and imagination, by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel and Ina Friedman

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Landscapes of the metropolis of death, reflections on memory and imagination, by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel and Ina Friedman

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Landscapes of the metropolis of death

Oclc number

810949981

Responsibility statement

by Otto Dov Kulka ; translated by Ralph Mandel and Ina Friedman

Sub title

reflections on memory and imagination

Summary

A memoir that explores the permanent and indelible marks left by the Holocaust and a childhood spent in Auschwitz

Table Of Contents

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

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