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De la autobiografie la ficțiune: memoria celui de-Al Doilea Război Mondial și literatura Veronicăi Porumbacu
From Autobiography to Fiction: The Memory of The Second World War and Veronica Porumbacu’s writings

Author(s): Smaranda Dumitru
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Institutul de Istorie Nicolae Iorga
Keywords: antisemitism; „red autobiographes”; fascism; World War II; communism;

Summary/Abstract: Literature and history are closely linked. Autobiographical writings are a good example of this connection, as life narratives integrate historical facts into the author's work. This study explores how Veronica Porumbacu, a Jewish writer and member of the Romanian Communist Party, attempted to convey specific experiences from the Second World War in her work. As a young Jewish woman, Veronica Porumbacu suffered from racial discrimination before and during the war. The article analyzes how some key identity markers permeated in Veronica Porumbacu's work in the context of the ideological reshaping of communist culture. This study is based on information provided by her institutional autobiographies.

  • Issue Year: 24/2025
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 39-55
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian
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