Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik provides the first extensive exploration of the reception of Ka-Tzetnik's work and the role that his books have played in the larger discussion of the Holocaust and its memorialization around the world.

Including contributions from an international and interdisciplinary group of experienced scholars, the book examines the literary merits, historical context and public resonance of Ka-Tzetnik's stories. It also places his novels in the context of post-WWII debates about how the memories and testimonies of the victims of the Holocaust can be represented and made publicly accessible through literature. There is also detailed coverage of key topics, like Holocaust memory and sexual violence in the concentration camps, and thorough historical analysis of key works like House of Dolls included throughout.

This is an important study for all scholars and students with an interest in the Holocaust and Holocaust literature.

1. Introduction - Annette F. Timm, University of Calgary, Canada
2. Ka-Tzetnik: An Author as His Own Biographer - Dina Porat, Tel Aviv University, Israel
3. Testimony in Holocaust Historiography: Ka-Tzetnik as Anomaly and Example - Annette F. Timm, University of Calgary, Canada
4. Ka-Tzetnik's Literary Testimony to Death and Survival in the Concentrationary Universe - Iris Milner, Tel Aviv University, Israel
5. The Poetics of the 'Other Planet': Testimony and Chronotope in Ka-Tzetnik's Piepel - Or Rogovin, Bucknell University, USA
6. Pornography or Rehabilitation? Sexual Violence in Ka-Tzetnik's House of Dolls - Pascale Bos, University of Texas at Austin, USA
7. The Eroticization of Witnessing: The Legacy of Ka-Tzetnik - Guido Vitiello, University of Rome, Italy
8. The Poetics of Totalitarian Sexuality: Ka-Tzetnik's House of Dolls - Assaf Derri, Tel Aviv University, Israel
9. Ka-Tzetnik, Primo Levi and the Muslims - Uri Cohen, Tel Aviv University, Israel
10. How to Understand Shivitti - Iris Roebling-Grau, Ludwig Maximillian University, Germany
Epilogue: The Historiography of the Holocaust and Literary Representation - Dirk Rupnow, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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