Helga’s diary: A story about growing up during the Holocaust Cover Image

Dziennik Helgi, czyli o dorastaniu w czasie Zagłady
Helga’s diary: A story about growing up during the Holocaust

Author(s): Agata Stępnik
Subject(s): Czech Literature, Developmental Psychology, Social Theory, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: adolescence; childhood; Helga’s Diary; concentration camp; primary socialization; Terezin;

Summary/Abstract: Childhood is an extremely important stage in everyone’s life. However, it does not always run smoothly and in a gentle way. The text presents the problems of growing up and socializing in the extremely unfavorable conditions of concentration camps on the example of Helga Weissova’s book The Daily Helga. A girl’s testimony about life in concentration camps. This reading is not only a description of living conditions in Nazi camps, but above all, it is a record of growing up in a reality not adapted for this purpose. It shows the girl’s private perspective on the rapidly changing world that surrounds her. For this reason, the reading arouses a lot of extreme emotions and therefore provides very interesting analytical material on the subjects of childhood, adolescence and primary socialization.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-53
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish