Lechem Hara (Bad Bread), Lechem Tov (Good Bread): Survival and Sacrifice During the Holocaust
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2011
Keywords
holocaust, survivors, oral history, ghetto, self-sacrifice
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800410392337
Abstract
In Judaism, human nature is understood as existing on a spectrum between yetzer hara (evil inclination) and yetzer tov (good inclination). Jews struggle to suppress the yetzer hara and exercise the yetzer tov. Based on an oral history interview and cocreated by a survivor of the Holocaust and a researcher, this story focuses on bread (lechem) and hunger in a Polish ghetto. The narrative encourages reflection about the tangled intermingling of the generosity of self-sacrifice and the instinctive drive for survival.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Qualitative Inquiry, v. 17, issue 2, p. 155-157
Scholar Commons Citation
Rawicki, Jerry and Ellis, Carolyn, "Lechem Hara (Bad Bread), Lechem Tov (Good Bread): Survival and Sacrifice During the Holocaust" (2011). Communication Faculty Publications. 248.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/248
