Reading the Holocaust
by Inga Clendinnen
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The events of the Holocaust remain 'unthinkable' to many men and women, as morally and intellectually baffling as they were half a century ago. Inga Clendinnen challenges our bewilderment. She seeks to dispel what she calls the Gorgon effect: the sickening of the imagination and the draining of the will that afflict so many of us when we try to confront the horrors of this history. Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' point of view. show more She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of writers such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo, the vexed issue of 'resistance' in the camps, and strategies for understanding the motivations of the Nazi leadership. She focuses an anthropologist's precise gaze on the actions of the murderers in the police battalions and among the SS in the camps. And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film. show lessTags
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Inga Clendinnen was born in Geelong, Australia on August 17, 1934. She studied history at the University of Melbourne. She became a historian of Aztec and Mayan culture and society. She taught at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including Reading the Holocaust, Tiger's Eye, Dancing show more with Strangers, and Agamemnon's Kiss. She died on September 8, 2016 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Reading the Holocaust
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Primo Levi; Charlotte Delbo; Raul Hilberg; Gitta Sereny; Saul Friedländer
- Important events
- Holocaust
- First words
- I have known about Nazis as long as I can remember.
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- Languages
- English
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