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If I Were Dead “It would sell like hotcakes!” Who Gets to Publish Their Holocaust Diary?

Author(s): Richardson, Ravenel

Editor(s): Pividori, Cristina; Owen, David

Date: 2024

Topics: Holocaust Survivors, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Oral History and Biography, Publishing

Abstract: Renata Laqueur, a Dutch Jew interned by the Nazis in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, unsuccessfully attempted to have her diary of the Holocaust published by an American publisher, though her efforts remained unsuccessful until her death in 2011. Some of the publishers’ critiques included concerns that the diary was too understated, not sexy enough and not violent enough. These rejections not only raise questions about which Holocaust stories are told and which are silenced but also shed light on how gender informs this process. Through a trauma and gender-informed close reading of Laqueur's diary and oral-history interviews, this chapter will explore how Laqueur's diary represents an important departure from the limited number of published women's diaries of the Holocaust. This analysis will assert that the very aspects of Laqueur's diary that have polarised critics—its exploration of women's complex moral and ethical choices and their involvement in sexual barter—are precisely the reasons why it merits careful reading.

The magazine “Chidusz” as an exemplification of the potential of the young generation of Jews and their public activity

Author(s): Cukras-Stelągowska, Joanna

Date: 2019

Topics: Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Media, Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals, Youth, Jewish Revival, Publishing

Abstract: The article analyses the content of the Jewish magazine “Chidusz”. The journal was created from the transformation of the Jewish religious community the information bulletin of the Jewish religious community in Wrocław and has become one of the most recognised Jewish magazines within the Polish publishing market. The aim of the analysis was, inter alia, to determine the dominant contexts, whether they have a didactic and educational character, and whether they can constitute a valuable source of information for people with Jewish roots. To what extent does “Chidusz” respond to the needs of the young Polish Jewish community? In particular, will young readers obtain information and tips on how to build their Jewish cultural identity, as well as creating a family and bringing up children according to the model of Jewish tradition?

Jewish Street or Jewish Cul-de-sac? From Sovetish Heymland to Di Yidishe Gas

Author(s): Estraikh, Gennady

Date: 1996

Topics: Yiddish, Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals, Publishing, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Media

Capturing the Public's Imagination: Publications on Jewish Themes in Slovakia and the Czech Lands, 1989-1995

Author(s): Jelinek, Yeshayahu A.

Date: 1997

Topics: Publishing, Jewish History, Holocaust, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Books and Literature

Abstract: Review of post-communist publications on Jewish themes in Czech and Slovak, includes fiction and non-fiction