The Ethics of Witnessing: The Holocaust in Polish Writers' Diaries from Warsaw, 1939-1945

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The Ethics of Witnessing CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS OF WORLD WAR II INTERWAR PRELUDES, RESPONSES, MEMORY PHYLLIS LASSNER, SERIES EDITOR The Ethics of Witnessing the holocaust in polish writers’ diaries from warsaw, 1939–1945 Rachel Feldhay Brenner northwestern university press ❘ evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu Copyright © 2014 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brenner, Rachel Feldhay, 1946– author. The ethics of witnessing : the Holocaust in Polish writers’ diaries from Warsaw, 1939–1945 / Rachel Feldhay Brenner. pages cm.—(Cultural expressions of World War II) ISBN 978-0-8101-2975-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Poland—Warsaw—Personal narratives— History and criticism. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945), in literature. 3. Authors, Polish—20th century—Diaries. 4. Warsaw (Poland)—Intellectual life—20th century. 5. Dabrowska, Maria, 1889–1965—Criticism and interpretation. 6. Iwaszkiewicz, Jaroslaw, 1894–1980—Criticism and interpretation. 7. Wylezynska, Aura—Criticism and interpretation. 8. Nalkowska, Zofia, 1884–1954—Criticism and interpretation. 9. Rembek, Stanislaw—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series: Cultural expressions of World War II. DS134.64.B74 2014 891.85—dc23 2014001058 o 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. For my grandsons, Eli and Levy May you be always open-minded and curious about the world ...