Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-480) and index.
Contents:
Klaus Langer (Essen, Germany) -- Elisabeth Kaufmann (Paris, France) -- Peter Feigl (France) -- Moshe Flinker (Brussels, Belgium) -- Otto Wolf (Olomouc, Czechoslovakia) -- Petr Ginz and Eva Ginzová (Terezín Ghetto) -- Yitskhok Rudashevski (Vilna Ghetto) -- Anonymous girl (Łodź Ghetto) -- Miriam Korber (Transnistria) -- Dawid Rubinowicz (Krajno, Poland) -- Elsa Binder (Stanislawow, Poland) -- Ilya Gerber (Kovno Ghetto) -- Anonymous boy (Łodź Ghetto) -- Alice Ehrmann (Terezin Ghetto) -- Appendix I: Young diarists of the Holocaust. -- Appendix II: At the margins.
Summary:
Presents excerpts from the Holocaust diaries of fifteen young people, ranging in age from twelve to twenty-two, each with an introductory essay that looks at the writer, and the historical context of the diary, with a study of the text and its relevance in the context of Holocaust history or literature. Includes a list of over fifty additional known diaries written by young people during the period.
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