Otto Dov Kulka was a child in Auschwitz, and survived. He became a professor of modern Jewish history, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and spent a lifetime establishing the truth through the study of factual documents. But Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death is a work of inner truth, depicted through images, memories, and feelings. It is thus pervaded by a sense of paradox: a meticulous historian reflecting upon the intangible; a collection of exquisite, often individual pieces about a single harsh event, and a very readable book about an unimaginable event. Above all, this is a book that enriches the reader, to an extent much belied by its slim appearance.
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