Der Vogel auf dem Hüftknochen
The bird on the hip bone
Author(s): Margit HerrmannovaSubject(s): Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: concentration camp; Bergen-Belsen; liberation; survival; memory; guilt;
Summary/Abstract: This is a personal narrative of the author's experience in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, where she and her friend Hanna were liberated by the British army in April 1945. The author describes the horrific conditions of the camp, the chaotic situation after the liberation, and the symbolic image of a bird drinking from a puddle on the hip bone of a dead woman. The author reflects on the meaning of survival, memory, and guilt in the face of the mass atrocities committed by the Nazis.
Journal: Judaica Bohemiae
- Issue Year: XXVIII/1992
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 64-66
- Page Count: 3
- Language: German
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