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- catalog abstract ""This is the definitive report on Fragments, Binjamin Wilkomirski's invented "memoir" of a childhood spent in concentration camps, which created international turmoil." "In 1995 Fragments, a memoir by a Swiss musician named Binjamin Wilkomirski, was published in Germany. hailed by critics, who compared it with the masterpieces of Primo Levi and Anne Frank, the book received major prizes and was translated into nine languages. The English-language edition was published by Schocken in 1996. In Fragments, Wilkomirski described in heartwrenching detail how as a small child he survived internment in Majdanek and Birkenau and was eventually smuggled into Switzerland at the war's end." "But three years after the book was first published, articles began to appear that questioned its authenticity and the author's claim that he was a Holocaust survivor. Stefan March, a Swiss historian and expert on anti-Semitism and Switzerland's treatment of refugees during and after World War II, was commissioned on behalf of the publishers of Fragments to conduct a full investigation into Wilkomirski's life. Maechler was given unrestricted access to hundreds of government and personal documents, interviewed eyewitnesses and family members in seven countries, and discovered facts that completely refute Wilkomirski's book." "The Maechler report has implications far beyond the tragic story of one individual's deluded life. It explores our feeling about survivor literature and the impact these works can have on our remembrance of the holocaust."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Fall Wilkomirski. English".
- catalog contributor b12229439.
- catalog contributor b12229440.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""But three years after the book was first published, articles began to appear that questioned its authenticity and the author's claim that he was a Holocaust survivor. Stefan March, a Swiss historian and expert on anti-Semitism and Switzerland's treatment of refugees during and after World War II, was commissioned on behalf of the publishers of Fragments to conduct a full investigation into Wilkomirski's life. Maechler was given unrestricted access to hundreds of government and personal documents, interviewed eyewitnesses and family members in seven countries, and discovered facts that completely refute Wilkomirski's book."".
- catalog description ""The Maechler report has implications far beyond the tragic story of one individual's deluded life. It explores our feeling about survivor literature and the impact these works can have on our remembrance of the holocaust."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""This is the definitive report on Fragments, Binjamin Wilkomirski's invented "memoir" of a childhood spent in concentration camps, which created international turmoil." "In 1995 Fragments, a memoir by a Swiss musician named Binjamin Wilkomirski, was published in Germany. hailed by critics, who compared it with the masterpieces of Primo Levi and Anne Frank, the book received major prizes and was translated into nine languages. The English-language edition was published by Schocken in 1996. In Fragments, Wilkomirski described in heartwrenching detail how as a small child he survived internment in Majdanek and Birkenau and was eventually smuggled into Switzerland at the war's end."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-372).".
- catalog description "The Story of Bruno Grosjean -- Wilkomirski Tells His Story -- The Origins of Fragments -- A Global Literary Event -- The Plunge into the Abyss--Autobiography or Fake? -- Tracking Down the Truth--The Historical Research -- The Truth of the Biography -- The Truth of the Fiction -- Fragments.".
- catalog extent "ix, 496 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Wilkomirski affair.".
- catalog identifier "0805211357".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wilkomirski affair.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Schocken Books,".
- catalog relation "Wilkomirski affair.".
- catalog subject "833/.914 21".
- catalog subject "PT2685.I383 Z77 2001".
- catalog subject "Wilkomirski, Binjamin Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Wilkomirski, Binjamin. Bruchstücke.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Story of Bruno Grosjean -- Wilkomirski Tells His Story -- The Origins of Fragments -- A Global Literary Event -- The Plunge into the Abyss--Autobiography or Fake? -- Tracking Down the Truth--The Historical Research -- The Truth of the Biography -- The Truth of the Fiction -- Fragments.".
- catalog title "Fall Wilkomirski. English".
- catalog title "The Wilkomirski affair : a study in biographical truth / Stefan Maechler ; translated from the German by John E. Woods".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".