Holocaust memoir explained

Authorship of Holocaust memoirs refers to the collective process of authorship, by hundreds of Holocaust survivors, who published memoirs in the decades following World War II.^[1]

Overview

In the 1950s, the publication of two highly prominent memoirs, namely Night by Elie Wiesel, and Diary of Anne Frank, opened up an area of writing which would see the publication of hundreds of new memoirs over the following decades.^[1]

See also

• Holocaust survivors
• Evidence and documentation for the Holocaust
• List of Holocaust survivors

Published works

• • Bibliography of the Holocaust Bibliography of Nazi Germany#Holocaust, ideology, Jews, the SS, and racism
  • List of posthumous publications of Holocaust victims

Further reading

• Book: Franklin . Ruth . A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction . 2010 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-971830-6 . en.
• Book: Patterson . David . Sun Turned to Darkness: Memory and Recovery in the Holocaust Memoir . 1998 . Syracuse University Press . 978-0-8156-0530-0 . en.
• Suleiman . Susan Rubin . Problems of Memory and Factuality in Recent Holocaust Memoirs: Wilkomirski/Wiesel . Poetics Today . 2000 . 21 . 3 . 543–559 . 10.1215/03335372-21-3-543.

Notes and References

1. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/10-holocaust-memoirs-you-should-read/ 10 Holocaust Memoirs You Should Read: These first-person accounts of Jewish survival and resilience during the Holocaust are powerful, educational and moving