Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1: Literary Activities in the Camps 33
6. 2: Identity under Threat 71
7. 3: “Everyday Life” in the Concentrationary Universe 94
8. 4: Communicating Torture 127
9. 5: Contemporaneous Poetry in the Third Reich 152
10. Conclusion 181
11. Appendix of Complete Poems 185
12. Notes 229
13. Works Cited 239
14. Index 255