The Truth about Fania F駭elon and the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319310374)

This book explores how the women's orchestra at Auschwitz-Birkenau has been remembered in both media and popular culture since the end of the Second World War. In particular it focuses on Fania Fenelon's memoir, Playing for Time (1976), which was subsequently adapted into a film. Since then the publication has become a cornerstone of Holocaust remembrance and scholarship. Susan Eischeid therefore investigates whether it deserves such status, and whether such material can ever be considered reliable source material for historians. Using divergent source material gathered by the author, such as interviews with the other surviving members of the orchestra, this Pivot seeks to shed light on this period of women's history, and questions how we remember the Holocaust today.

Author: Susan Eischeid
ISBN-10: 3319310372
ISBN-13: 9783319310374
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2016
Pages: 151
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d