Love and Miracles: Body, Feminine Self-Image and Family in Narratives by Two Holocaust Survivors from Salonika
This article presents an in-depth literary analysis of two feminine personal narratives, survivors of the Salonika Holocaust, in an attempt to isolate the unique feminine voice that can be discerned from the narratives through the perception of the body and the female self-image. The two narratives...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-84 |
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Holocaust women survivors
personal narratives
Salonika
feminine voice
self-image
ethnic group identity
Sephardic culture
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| Summary: | This article presents an in-depth literary analysis of two feminine personal narratives, survivors of the Salonika Holocaust, in an attempt to isolate the unique feminine voice that can be discerned from the narratives through the perception of the body and the female self-image. The two narratives offer two opposite models of behavior: one active, one passive. Aliza Baruch found her future husband in the camp and took care of her brother. Later she gave birth to two children even though she suffered sterilization experiments in Auschwitz. Aliza ascribes her survival to her determined nature, and to the force of love she felt within herself. Mary Nahman, who arrived at Auschwitz married and pregnant, perceived herself as a child who was not conscious of her surroundings but was a recipient of help from everybody. She ascribes her survival to external forces, divine assistance and miracles. |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Contains: | In: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-12341273 |