‘Dissidence’ in Holocaust Memorials in Literature: Jáchym Topol’s The Devil ’ s Workshop ( Chladnou zemí ).

Established Czech precedent has made the town of Terezín an important literary symbol of Holocaust memory, used in the 1960s to construct myths of Czech innocent victimhood. Jáchym Topol’s novel,The Devil’s Workshop(2009), returns to the theme with great originality, avoiding such myths by using a c...

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Published in:	Central Europe Vol. 13; no. 1/2; pp. 87 - 103
Main Author:	Chew, Geoffrey
Format:	Essay
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2015
Subjects:	Devil's Workshop, The (Book) Topol, Jáchym, 1962- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 Holocaust memorials Memorials in literature Czech literature
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