6. Three Poems from the Brink of the Gas Chambers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death
6. 1. A Prologue that Could Also Be an Epilogue 3
7. 2. Between Theresienstadt and Auschwitz 14
8. 3. Final Liquidation of the ‘Family Camp’ 30
9. 4. Autumn 1944: Auschwitz – Ghostly Metropolis 36
10. 5. Observations and Perplexities about Scenes in the Memory 41
11. 6. Three Poems from the Brink of the Gas Chambers 51
12. 7. Journey to the Satellite City of the Metropolis of Death 56
13. 8. Landscapes of a Private Mythology 72
14. 9. Rivers which Cannot be Crossed and the ‘Gate of the Law’ 78
15. 10. In Search of History and Memory 82
16. Three Chapters from the Diaries
17. 11. Dream: Jewish Prague and the Great Death 87
18. 12. Doctor Mengele Frozen in Time 92
19. 13. God’s Grieving 95
20. Appendix: Ghetto in an Annihilation Camp: Jewish Social History in the Holocaust Period and its Ultimate Limits 105
21. List of Illustrations 117
22. Notes 123