Mother of the Wire Fence: Inside and Outside the Holocaust
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0664252192 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Is it possible to empathize fully with the victims of the Holocaust? Can those who approach the Holocaust in the aftermath ever know it in a way that does not trivialize its horror? With what language can we speak of such an event without at the same time betraying its meaning? In this powerful book, Karl Plank takes a hard look at these questions as he explores the boundaries that lie between those outside and those inside the experience of the Holocaust.
Karl A. . Plank is J. W. Cannon Professor of Religion at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina
Beautiful Book When I began reading this book, I was enthralled by the description of the photograph and the circumstances under which it was taken. But shortly after, I found myself bored. The author seemed to wander a bit an I lost interest.Fortunately, for me, I stuck with the book. Karl Plank goes on to describe the situation of events in Lodz Ghetto, where the photo was taken. He uses excerpts from the memoir of Jozef Zelkowicz to illistrate the horrors of what was occuring inside the ghetto walls. Zelkowicz describes the death of a mother and he
Plank meditates on the photograph, taken clandestinely by Mendel Grossman, whose photographs of the ghetto are among the most valuable records of that time, and what he calls "other textual images akin to it," responding to questions raised by viewing it. From Booklist Plank's thoughtful book begins with the photograph of a Jewish mother speaking to her young son through a wire fence in the Lodz ghetto in September 1942. The boy is about to be deported to the death camp in Chelmno. George Cohen. Is it possible to fully empathize with the victims of the Holocaust? Can those who approach the Holocaust in the aftermath ever know it in a way that does not trivialize its horror? With what language can we speak of such an event without at the same time betraying its meaning? In answering these questions, Plank attempts to bridge the gap between "inside" and "outside." In doing so, he brings the non-Jewish