Holocaust Lit.

Ida Fink
3 year old boy teach boy to say that the father is dead find the key so father can hide don't know why father is hiding mother is weary Themes: Families in Holocast Last resorts Dangers/Fear Hiding

Idea Fink Holocaust Manuvers 5 year old girl and parents parents argue about hiding her or taking her decide to bring her with them father tells her to go pray at the church hopes that someone will take her in she is shot and killed he carries her the rest of the way to his own death Themes: family dynamics (effects) moral dilemmas death fear Children

Isaih Spiegel Opens with scene of mother working Father steals children's rations of bread Mother calls him a "murderer" The children discover a room where they can peek through the wall and see the bread shop and dream of food Father dies and mother joyously gives the children their father's loaf Themes: death family dynamics starvation protection of family every man for himself/greed effects of hunger/change

Bernard Gotfryd Grandma is walked to hospital b/c there is an order that all the elderly and sick go; she insists on walking there Narrator is 13 year old boy Mother is cooking and boy burns their old table as kindle w/out mom knowing Father has given up hope Two part: 2nd part is him and his brother going to hide in the horse stable Leave w/out saying goodbye They hide in 2 separate locations, but both are caught They hear the evacuation of the ghetto in while they hide See gma on the dead cart when they return Themes: death family hiding fear/danger going with pride protection of family

Sara Nomberg-pzytyk Mrs. Helena tells story about Dr. Mengele Question to tell the women they are going to die or not The women who didn't know went peacefully Chaos once the women figured it out Themes: moral dilemmas Different death Nazis science Women in the Holocaust

Sarah Nomberg-Pzytyk "You'll get used to it" The woman goes to the camp and people are singing and entertaining themselves and she is uncomfortable about that The women tell her that she will get used to it and 8 months later, she does Puts on a show where one girl dresses up as Hitler in jest (Irena) The train for new arrivals comes and she decides not to ruin the joy of the other women by telling them Themes: moral dilemmas Death Entertainment in camps Women in the Holocaust

Tadeusz Borowski Morbid He decides to join the men in unloading the rail-cars--> gets extra food He goes with friend Henri He is mortified and scared by what he sees Themes: death Rail-cars Guilt Greed Fear every man for himself survival of the fittest

Arnost Lustig 3 guys in a bunk bed The women singing for the dead Portman: envied dead/pessimistic Cohen: level-headed/logical/optimistic Narrorator waited every night for the songs Themes: music death envy waiting