Lessons about humanity and survival from my mother and from the Holocaust

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-41

  Rylko Bauer, Barbara ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Dehumanization; Holocaust; Poland; Ravensbr ck; Survivor; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044377600     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2005.0016     Document Type: Article

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