The (Im)possibility of Existence in Sally Perel's Autobiography I Was Hitler Youth Salomon

Tekin H.

MODERNA SPRAK, vol.115, no.4, pp.107-128, 2021 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 115 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Journal Name: MODERNA SPRAK
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.107-128
  • Keywords: Sally Perel, Hitler Youth, Holocaust, Adorno, remembrance culture
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Sally Perel is a German-Jewish author and Holocaust survivor. During WW2, he tried to protect himself by camouflaging as an 'Arian' member of the Hitler Youth, thereby leading a double life as a perpetrator and victim in one person. In Perel, these two identities got along like fire and water and were still present in the same body.