The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture

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The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture The Holocaust Object in Polish and PolishJewish Culture Bożena Shallcross Indiana University Press / Bloomington & Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA www.iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2011 by Bozena Shallcross All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.  The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shallcross, Bozena. The Holocaust object in Polish and Polish-Jewish culture / Bozena Shallcross. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35564-5 (cl : alk. paper) 1. Polish literature—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Polish literature—Jewish authors—History and criticism. 3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. 4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)—Poland . 5. Reality in literature. I. Title. PG7035.J48S53 2011 891.8’509358405318—dc22 2010031793 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 11 To my mother, Elßbieta Mådra, who was a slave laborer in Berlin 1940–1945, and in memory of my nephew Hubert Mådry (1982–2010) ...