Return to the Planet of Auschwitz. Yehiel De‑Nur’s Collapse as the Key Moment in Creating the Memory of the Shoah Cover Image

Powrót na planetę Auschwitz. Zemdlenie Yehiela Dinura jako kluczowy moment w tworzeniu pamięci o Zagładzie
Return to the Planet of Auschwitz. Yehiel De‑Nur’s Collapse as the Key Moment in Creating the Memory of the Shoah

Author(s): Sara Herczyńska
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: the Eichmann trial; Yehiel De‑Nur; Hannah Arendt; fainting; performance; Holocaust; Israel

Summary/Abstract: Yehiel De‑Nur’s collapse was one of the most significant moments during the Eichmanntrial. A Holocaust survivor and a writer, De‑Nur was a witness at the trial. The article is an attempt at investigating his fainting on recordings and in accounts of the trial and at interpreting it in the performative and visual context.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 269-279
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish