Siedemnaście rozdziałów życia – obozowa herstoria Aliny Dąbrowskiej
Seventeen chapters of life of Alina Dąbrowska’s camp herstory
Author(s): Katarzyna BuganikSubject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Special Historiographies:, Polish Literature, History of the Holocaust, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: the women’s camp experience; testimony; spoken book; Auschwitz-Birkenau
Summary/Abstract: This article discusses selected female experiences at KL Auschwitz-Birkenau. The interpretation of the camp experiences is based on Alina Dąbrowska’s spoken book I know how the hell looks. The text briefly outlines the circumstances of the book’s creation. It also describes the problems faced by female prisoners at Auschwitz: lack of hygiene, shaving of hair, illness and pseudo-medical experiments. Other important issues adressed in the article include memory, trauma, silence, temporal distance and individual female camp testimony.
Journal: Autobiografia Literatura Kultura Media
- Issue Year: 25/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 153-167
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish
