The Ethical Dimension of Holocaust Fiction: Representations of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski in Leslie Epstein’s King of the Jews and Andrzej Bart’s "Fabryka muchołapek"
Abstract
The article analyzes the ethical dimension of Holocaust fiction through a comparative examination of two novels: Leslie Epstein’s "King of the Jews" and Andrzej Bart’s "Fabryka muchołapek". Specifically, the study focuses on the literary portrayal of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, the Nazi-appointed chairman of the Łódź Ghetto. Drawing on Monika Polit’s 2012 book "Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. Prawda i zmyślenie", this analysis seeks to determine whether Epstein and Bart transgress ethical boundaries to imaginative representation of the Holocaust in fiction.
Keywords:
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, Leslie Epstein, Andrzej Bart, Monika Polit, the HolocaustReferences
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