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This was Levi's first book. It is a brilliant, frank,and mov<strong>in</strong>g account of life and death <strong>in</strong> Auschwitz <strong>in</strong>which he offered remarkable perceptions <strong>in</strong>to the natureand mean<strong>in</strong>g of survival. It rema<strong>in</strong>s a classic along withWiesel's Night. For another <strong>in</strong>terpretation, see 2. 66.* 4. 19 ~Luel, Steven A. , and Paul Marcus, eds. PsychoanalyticReflections on the Holocaust. New York: Ktav, 1984.ISBN 0-088125-041-4.The ongo<strong>in</strong>g impact of the Holocaust on survivorsand especially on society <strong>in</strong> general is the subject ofthis collection of essays. Most essays focus on thepsychological and moral implications of the Holocaust.+ 4. 20 ~Porter, Jack Nusan. "Is There a Survivors' Syndrome?"Journal of Psychology and Judaism 6:1 (Fall/W<strong>in</strong>ter1981).In a review of the psychological literature onsurvivors and children of survivors up to 1981, Porterconcludes that there are survivor syndromes. He drawsupon the work of Niederland and Krystal <strong>in</strong> particular.~ 4. 21 ~Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz, Dorothy. New Lives: Survivors of theHolocaustLiv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> America. New York: Avon Books,1976. LC 76-13709. ISBN 0-380-01790-3.Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz has compiled a sensitive and thoughtfulcollection of <strong>in</strong>terviews with 108 survivors liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>America. The <strong>in</strong>terviewees discuss the Holocaust, thedifficulties ofbeg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>, acclimat<strong>in</strong>g to America,and reconstruct<strong>in</strong>g their lives.* 4. 22 *Sichrovsky, Peter. Strangers <strong>in</strong> 7hei r Own Land. NewYork: Basic Books, 1986. ISBN 0-14-009965-4.Sichrovsky here <strong>in</strong>vestigates how children andgrandchildren of Holocaust survivors now liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>Austria and Germany deal with their situations.~ 4. 23 *Ste<strong>in</strong>berg, Arlene. "Holocaust Survivors and TheirChildren: A Review of the Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Literature. " InHeal<strong>in</strong>g Their Wounds: Psychotherapy with HolocaustSurvivors and Their Families. Ed. by Paul Marcys andAlan Rosenberg. New York: Praeger, 1989. LC 89-8638. ISBN 0-275-92948-5.Ste<strong>in</strong>berg reviews the cl<strong>in</strong>ical literature on survivorsand their families up to 1989. Her work isthorough and objective.~ 4. 24 ~Ste<strong>in</strong>itz, Lucy Y. , and David M. Szonyi. Liv<strong>in</strong>g afterthe Holocaust: Reflections by Children of SurvivorsLiv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> America. New York: Bloch Publish<strong>in</strong>g, 1979.LC 76-8322. ISBN 0-686-77156-7.The editors, themselves children of survivors,collected a series of essays, poems, and reflections onwhat it means to be part of the second generation. Theyemphasize the privilege and responsibilities of theirstatus.*4. 25 ~Wiesel, Elie. A Jew Today. Trans. from the Frenchby Marion Wiesel. New York: V<strong>in</strong>tage Books, 1978.LC 77-00261. ISBN 0-394-42054-3.A Jew Today conta<strong>in</strong>s some of Wiesel's mostprofound essays, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g two on survivors. His "APlea for Survivors" raises the question of silence,remember<strong>in</strong>g, and the treatment of survivors <strong>in</strong> thepost-Holocaust world.*4. 26 ~Young, James E. Writ<strong>in</strong>g and Rewrit<strong>in</strong>g the Holocaust:Narrative and the Consequences of Interpretation.Bloom<strong>in</strong>gton: Indiana University Press, 1988. LC 87-35791. ISBN 0-253-36716-6.Young's book is a provocative and scholarly workon historical and literary <strong>in</strong>terpretation of oral, visual,and written texts on the Holocaust. Young is somewhatover-theoretical <strong>in</strong> places but his <strong>in</strong>sights <strong>in</strong>to theproblems that surround narrative accounts of theHolocaust are extraord<strong>in</strong>ary.see 2. 138.For another <strong>in</strong>terpretation,The Victims Who Survived 75

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