No End of History for the "Jewish Soap" Myth?

A critical review of Bożena Shallcross, The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture
By Joachim Neander, Kraków/Poland

A Promising New Approach in Holocaust Studies


In the spring of 2011, a new book appeared on the market for Holocaust literature: The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture. It was preceded already in 2010 by its Polish language version, Rzeczy i zagłada.[1] The author is Bożena Shallcross, presented at the University of Chicago’s Web site as “Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures: Polish Literature & Interdisciplinary Studies; Program in Poetry and Poetics; Committee on Creative Writing; Affiliate, Department of Comparative Literature.”[2]