H. G. Adler
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Description
German language poet, novelist, scholar, and Holocaust survivor
Books
Theresienstadt, 1941–1945
"First published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H.G. Adler's Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a foundational work in the field of Holocaust studies. As the first scholarly monograph to describe the particulars of a single camp - the Jewish ghetto in the Czech city of Terezín - it is the single most detailed and comprehensive account of any concentration camp. Adler, a survivor of the camp, organized the book into three sections: a history of the ghetto, a detailed institutional and sociological analysis of the camp, and an attempt to understand the psychology of the perpetrators and the victims. A collaborative effort between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Terezín Publishing Project makes this authoritative text on Holocaust history available for the first time in the English language, with a new afterword by the author's son Jeremy Adler."--Provided by publisher.
Auschwitz
A collection of eyewitness accounts on life at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Includes excerpts from books, essays, and protocols by prisoners, as well as excerpts from notes by Rudolf Höss, statements made by Adolf Eichmann, and Nazi documents. Some of the essays were written especially for this book. Discusses the early days of the camp, which was established in April 1940; the different camps which constituted the Auschwitz complex; the fate of inmates; the genocide machinery; and resistance. Concludes with memoirs by Primo Levi describing the last days of the camp. Pp. 327-364 contain photographs and facsimiles of documents.
Die Juden in Deutschland
Hardcover: 152 pages Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (January 22, 1970) Language: English ISBN-10: 026800322X ISBN-13: 978-0268003227
Die unsichtbare Wand
"Told in a ... stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of our finest modernist writers, The Wall is the story of Arthur Landau, a Holocaust survivor struggling to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. After the war, Arthur returns to Prague in the hope of finding his parents, works in a museum that collects Jewish artifacts, and eventually crosses the border, leaving his homeland and friends for good. Despite the loss of his first wife to the camps, the love of his second wife Johanna and their two children anchors him amid the chaotic and competitive world of postwar exiles living in London"--
Eine Reise
A novel of the Holocaust based on the author's own experiences chronicles the ordeal of one family, forced from their home and struggling to cope with the destruction, deprivation, and death around them, from the perspective of a single survivor. The tragic tale of the Lustig family doctor Leopold; his wife, Caroline; their children, Zerlina and Paul; and Caroline's sister, Ida who are sent to the walled city of Ruhenthal after authorities label them forbidden. Taking place during an unspecified period of war and genocide, the story is based on Adler's experiences at Theresienstadt, a labor camp where he was imprisoned for two and a half years during WWII.
