Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches

Ellen Frankel

doi:10.14263/23/2024/721

Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches

Authors

Ellen Frankel Independent Scholar https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9580-9014

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14263/23/2024/721

Keywords:

Holocaust, Holocaust literature, Vedem, Wilkomirski, acquisitions, publishing

Abstract

Over the course of an 18-year tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication Society, the author encountered numerous ethical dilemmas relating to publishing Holocaust manuscripts. These dilemmas concerned a book's provenance, authorship, distribution of royalties, authenticity, and appropriateness. In the article, the author presents several case studies of various Holocaust manuscripts and their disposition, describing the processes of vetting and debate pertaining to each problematic acquisition.

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A book label of the Kedem bookstore in Tel Aviv, established there after partner Lipa Bronstein of the Berlin store (opened 1921) escaped the Nazis in 1938. The store address, at the corner of Yonah ha-Navi and Allenby streets, displays an abbreviation (str.) for the word Strasse (street, in German), creating Hebrew-German portmanteau words. See Zvi Barsky's article in this issue, "Jewish immigrant booksellers from Germany and Central Europe in Palestine, 1933–1939."

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Published

2024-12-29

How to Cite

Frankel, Ellen. 2024. “Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches”. Judaica Librarianship 23 (December):92-102. https://doi.org/10.14263/23/2024/721.