Rosenblatt Holocaust Collection: Fiction and Literature

The following articles can be accessed through OneSearch Discovery on the Fordham Library homepage:

• "If I were Jewish, how would I mourn the dead?": Holocaust and Genocide in the Work of Sherman Alexie., Peterson, Nancy J., MELUS. Fall2010, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p63-84. 22p.

• Grasping the Unimaginable: Recent Holocaust Novels for Children by Morris Gleitzman and John Boyne., Gilbert, Ruth, Children's Literature in Education. Dec2010, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p355-366. 12p.

• Representing the Holocaust. On Paul Celan, Ilse Aichinger, Albert Drach and Heimrad Bäcker, with an Appeal for Critical Reflection on the Cultural and Political Field in Which Holocaust Literature Is Inscribed, Fetz, Bernhard and Magsham, Rachel, New German Critique, 10/1/2004, Issue 93, p. 55-86.

• Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson, and Post-Holocaust Fiction., Gąsiorek, Andrzej, Contemporary Literature. Winter2012, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p875-903. 29p.

• "The History of Love," the Contemporary Reader, and the Transmission of Holocaust Memory., Lang, Jessica, Journal of Modern Literature. Fall2009, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p43-56. 14p.

Below is a sample text that could be used by professors and K-12 educators to help build their curriculum about the Holocaust.

A reference book, Teaching Holocaust Literature by Samuel Totten, grants teachers the opportunity to begin developing a curricular map for teaching the story of the Holocaust through the literature of the era.  This resource also helps to provide teachers with information about the historical context and ideas on how to provide students with that context as they begin to delve into the literature which they read.