Diaries and Chronicles

doi:10.1017/9781108900447.010

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025

Alexandra Garbarini

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Marion Kaplan and

Natalia Aleksiun

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Marion Kaplan: Affiliation:
New York University
Natalia Aleksiun: Affiliation:
University of Florida

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This chapter discusses Jewish diary writing during the Holocaust as a distinctive form of literary production practiced by Jewish adults, youth, and children across Europe. Jewisih diaries took on particular significance in the context of the Holocaust. They open a window on the cultural, social, and political history of the Holocaust. By preserving victims’ voices, diaries contribute to the writing of new histories of the Holocaust, in particular because of the attention to gender and social relations among victims.

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diaries chronicles Oyneg Shabes archive gender Emanuel Ringelblum Warsaw ghetto Vilna (Vilnius) ghetto Abraham Sutzkever Victor Klemperer silences cultural history victims’ voices

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 117 - 131

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900447.010 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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