Dreaming in Auschwitz : the concentration camp in the prisoners' dreams / Wojciech Owczarski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owczarski, Wojciech, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This book, based on the descriptions of their dreams that former Auschwitz inmates wrote in 1973, provides a deep, insightful explanation of the role of dreams in shaping the prisoners' experiences. It studies these testimonies from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, analysing the psychological, social, anthropological, narrative and even artistic dimensions of the reports. The book characterises the content of the dreams and their possible meanings, the manners in which the respondents sensed, understood and described their dreams, and the informants' attitudes towards dreaming.Among thousands of books about the Nazi atrocities, this one is unique because it explores the Holocaust through the prism of dreams. The dream descriptions serve here as an exceptional source of knowledge. They often reveal not only an image of the camp reality, but also the truth that remained unconscious, incomprehensible, and unspeakable for the dreamers themselves. As such, this text will serve to open a completely new way of thinking and writing about the Holocaust.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Introduction

Part I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part II

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Conclusions and Implications

Bibliography

Bibliographical Note

Index of Names.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Owczarski, Wojciech Dreaming in Auschwitz

ISBN:

9781527590410