View of Contemporary Hebrew Literature has dealt with all events that the Jews have experienced during their life since the end of the nineteenth century. This study aimed to review the implications of one of these events in Modern Hebrew literature, namely "Nazi events", or what so-called in the Zionist thought "Shoah". This study also tried to show to what extent did the Israeli writers influenced by these events and methods of their reflections in their literary works, whether those who belong to the generation of survivors of these events, or to the second generation, or even other writers whose Curriculum Vita are not linked to these events. The study provided a review of the most important literary works that have dealt with these events, and their impact on the survivors and on the Israeli community since the end of the second world war and the establishment of Israel, during the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, and then the involvement of the second generation of those events to the literary scene, till the beginning of the 21 century.

Return to Article Details Contemporary Hebrew Literature has dealt with all events that the Jews have experienced during their life since the end of the nineteenth century. This study aimed to review the implications of one of these events in Modern Hebrew literature, namely "Nazi events", or what so-called in the Zionist thought "Shoah". This study also tried to show to what extent did the Israeli writers influenced by these events and methods of their reflections in their literary works, whether those who belong to the generation of survivors of these events, or to the second generation, or even other writers whose Curriculum Vita are not linked to these events. The study provided a review of the most important literary works that have dealt with these events, and their impact on the survivors and on the Israeli community since the end of the second world war and the establishment of Israel, during the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, and then the involvement of the second generation of those events to the literary scene, till the beginning of the 21 century. Download Download PDF