Impossible Holocaust Metaphors: The Muselmann

This article challenges the widespread scholarly assumption that the term Muselmann, ubiquitous in Holocaust survivor accounts, denotes a fixed, silent, concentration-camp "type" of prisoner who, nearest to death, was fated to die. Rather, based on evidence from a range of oral testimonies...

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Veröffentlicht in:Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History. - Indiana University Press, 1981. - 34(2014), 3, Seite 302-348
1. Verfasser: Oster, Sharon B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History
Schlagworte:Law Biological sciences Social sciences Political science Behavioral sciences Linguistics History