Perceptions of Death in the Writings of Josef Zelkowicz
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Studia Judaica, 2025, Issue 1 (55), pp. 97-114
https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.25.004.22003Authors
Perceptions of Death in the Writings of Josef Zelkowicz
This article examines how writers in the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto perceived life, or, more precisely, death, focusing on Josef Zelkowicz, a prominent Łódź intellectual. The scope of the writings he penned during the interwar period and later while working in the Łódź ghetto archive allows us to examine the concept of “continuity.” Despite the substantial differences between the two periods, lines of continuity are evident and their very existence, even in the sharp transition to the extreme reality of the ghetto, testifies to the great power of the patterns formed before the war.
The article is based on a chapter from my book, Days of Dread: Josef Zelkowicz and the Circle of Intellectuals in the Łódź Ghetto (Jerusalem, 2024) (Hebrew).
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Information: Studia Judaica, 2025, Issue 1 (55), pp. 97-114
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Tel Hai Academic College
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Published at: 06.11.2025
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