Testimonies of Resistance - Representations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando

The Sonderkommando-the "special squad" of enslaved Jewish laborers who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau-comprise one of the most fascinating and troubling topics within Holocaust history. As eyewitnesses to and unwilling abettors of the murder of their fellow Jews, they are the object of fierce condemnation even today. Yet it was a group of these seemingly compromised men who carried out the revolt of October 7, 1944, one of the most celebrated acts of Holocaust resistance. This interdisciplinary collection assembles careful investigations into how the Sonderkommando have been represented-by themselves and by others-both during and after the Holocaust.

About the author

Nicholas Chare is Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Film Studies at the Université de Montréal.

Dominic Williams is Senior Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Northumbria University.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Williams Chare
• Assisted by: Nicholas Chare (Editor), Chare Nicholas (Editor), Dominic Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781800739154
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-915-4
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Jewish, Second World War, The Holocaust, Material Culture, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust