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My Shadow in Dachau (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Dorothea(Ed) Heiser
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Description for My Shadow in Dachau (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Paperback. Poems by and biographies of inmates of the Dachau Concentration Camp, testimonies to the persistence of the humanity and creativity of the individual in the face of extreme suffering. Editor(s): Heiser, Dorothea; Taberner, Stuart. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
Poems by and biographies of inmates of the Dachau Concentration Camp, testimonies to the persistence of the humanity and creativity of the individual in the face of extreme suffering. The concentration camp at Dachau was the first established by the Nazis, opened shortly after Hitler came to power in 1933. It first held political prisoners, but later also forced laborers, Soviet POWs, Jews, and other "undesirables." More than 30,000 deaths were documented there, with many more unrecorded. In the midst of the horror, some inmates turned to poetry to provide comfort, to preserve their sense of humanity, ... Read more
Poems by and biographies of inmates of the Dachau Concentration Camp, testimonies to the persistence of the humanity and creativity of the individual in the face of extreme suffering. The concentration camp at Dachau was the first established by the Nazis, opened shortly after Hitler came to power in 1933. It first held political prisoners, but later also forced laborers, Soviet POWs, Jews, and other "undesirables." More than 30,000 deaths were documented there, with many more unrecorded. In the midst of the horror, some inmates turned to poetry to provide comfort, to preserve their sense of humanity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135681
SKU
V9781571135681
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About Dorothea(Ed) Heiser
STUART TABERNER is Professor of German at the University of Leeds, UK.
Reviews for My Shadow in Dachau (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
[While] some of the poets may not have been 'trained' or 'literary' in any sense, the raw emotion captured in their verse rings clear across more than seventy years. . . . In tone and content, most of these poets are writing in a register somewhere between Whitman's 'barbaric yawp' and the Gerard Manley Hopkins of the 'terrible sonnets'-raw horror, ... Read more