My Shadow in Dachau - Poems by Victims and Survivors of the Concentration Camp

Poems by and biographies of inmates of the Dachau Concentration Camp, testimonies to the persistence of the humanity and creativity of the individual in the face of extreme suffering.

List of contents

Foreword to the English-Language Edition by Stuart Taberner
Foreword by Walter Jens
Introduction by Dorothea Heiser
Camp Life: The Reality 1933-1945
Searching for the Purpose of Suffering: Despair - Accusation - Hope
Liberation: Dachau, April 29, 1945
The Years after 1945
Biographies of Other Inmates at Dachau Mentioned in the Anthology
Glossary
Arrivals and Deaths in the Concentration Camp at Dachau
Dachau and Its External Camps
Sources and References for the Poems
Works Cited and Literature about Dachau
Recommended Further Reading In English
Notes on the Translators
Index of Authors, Their Biographies, and the Poems

About the author

Dorothea Heiser, Stuart Taberner, Walter Jens

Summary

Poems by and biographies of inmates of the Dachau Concentration Camp, testimonies to the persistence of the humanity and creativity of the individual in the face of extreme suffering.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothea Heiser, Walter Jens, Stuart Taberner
• Assisted by: Dorothea Heiser (Editor), Walter Jens (Editor), Stuart Taberner (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9781571135681
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-568-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: Camden House; Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature L
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama