The Social and Cultural Life of the Prisoners in the Jewish Forced Labor Camp at Skarżysko-Kamienna
The article discusses the social and cultural life among the Jewish prisoners at the Skarżysko-Kamienna forced labor camp in central Poland. The activities included organized observances of religious and national customs and creative arts and performances of many kinds. The activitles served several...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1994
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1994, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-27 |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the social and cultural life among the Jewish prisoners at the Skarżysko-Kamienna forced labor camp in central Poland. The activities included organized observances of religious and national customs and creative arts and performances of many kinds. The activitles served several functions for the artists and audiences. Whether as a source of income in the struggle for physical survival, or as a psychological escape from the terrible reality of daily life in the camp, or as a unlfying element for the fragmented prisoner population, or as a from of political resistance, these social and cultural activities in the camp constitute a singular phenomenon in the history of the Holocaust. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/8.1.1 |