The Literature of Destruction: Jewish Responses to Catastrophe

by David G. Roskies

Gathers short stories, diaries, sermons, essays, and poems written in response to the Spanish Inquisition, martyrdom, Russian pogroms, and the Holocaust

Genres: Jewish

652 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 1989

Reviews

[Rivkah Pardue · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection and examination of Jewish literature on catastrophe. I was privileged to take a seminar with Professor Roskies centered around this book. I find myself pulling it out on Tisha B'Av.

[Liza]

I don’t know if it is disrespectful to give this heart wrenching first account five stars. It is a haunting plead to the future free world to sample the worst of humanity in juxtaposition with humanity’s most sacred and most precious. I would give 6 million stars if I could.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful and unflinching, this indictment and eyewitness should be required reading for all who wonder if the Holocaust really happened or was really 'that bad'. It was.