When Night Fell

Linda Schermer Raphael teaches English at George Washington University. Her writings have focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, narrative theory, and moral skepticism in fiction. Marc Lee Raphael is Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of Profiles in American Judaism: The Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reconstructionist Traditions in Historical Perspective.

"This important anthology sheds much light on the aesthetic and moral role of writers in representing the Shoah. By including both survivors and non-witnessing authors in their study, the Raphaels emphasize the universal and ongoing nature of this crucial issue." - Alan L. Berger, author (Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust) "The Raphaels have gathered for us--teachers, students, readers--a collection of short stories built on silence: from the unspeakable events of the Holocaust through the profound silence of history to the decorous silence of racism and probity. 'The story [of the Holocaust] is never-ending,' says the introduction. Without this book we'd know less than we must know to stay alive." - Hilda Raz, editor (The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Writing) "Linda Schermer Raphael and Mark Lee Raphael . . . again raise the question of whether art can somehow encompass barbarity..." (Jewish Exponent)

• ContentsPrefaceIntroductionThe NightMy Father's DeathsBerthaKitty"Heil, Hitler!"A Plaque on Via MazziniArtists in the GhettoBerele in the GhettoBreadChildren of the Lodz GhettoThe Last JourneyThe Boxing MatchThe Death of TsaritsaThe Season of the DeadMy Quarrel with Hersh RasseynerUncle AronThe Road of No ReturnThe LemonStephen and AnneOld Words-New MeaningsThe TeacherA Ghetto DogThe BanLiberatorMy Mother's WarConrad in the GhettoGlossaryFurther ReadingCopyrights and Permissions