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The Holocaust between Pop Literature and High Literature: Maxim Biller's Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz

Maxim Biller, one of the most prominent, but also most controversial German-Jewish authors, is an important figure in modern Holocaust literature. After a short introduction to his early journalistic and literary oeuvre…

Ambivalence as an Attempt to Regain Authenticity in the Shoah Representation. The Example of Arnošt Goldflam

The starting point for this research is the crisis in discourse and pedagogy related to the representation of the Holocaust, as well as the crisis of empathy in its perception, signaled by, among others, Ernst van Alphe…

Pop-Holocaust(s)? Potential and Challenges of Pop Cultural Representations in the 21st Century

Greetings from Spinalonga! The Island of Silence in social photo and the culture of memory on Instagram

In modern narratives, the island of Spinalonga appears an attractive tourist destination with an interesting and enigmatic history. In fact, Spinalonga is a memory space, encumbered with past political decisions and med…

Elements of Folk Pragmatics in Bosnian Proverbs

This paper discusses the views on pragmatic subjects explicitly mentioned or implied in Bosnian folk proverbs. For the purposes of the research, three collections of proverbs were analyzed: Narodno blago by M. K. Ljubuš…

"Mr Hitler," Greta Garbo and the Jew Hidden in the Grass. The Literary Representation of the Holocaust in Ruth Tannenbaum by Miljenko Jergović

This article is an attempt to provide an insight into the fate of the Jewish diaspora in Zagreb, a city marked by the spectre of the Second World War. The events in the diegetic world are based on the fictionalised, tra…

Translator, Not Adapter. Remembrance of Leszek Engelking (1955-2022)

Leszek Engelking

South-North: fate and mission. Remembrance of Prof. Vera Mitrinović

Vera Mitrinović

Polyphony. Polish, Czech and Slovak Texts about the Holocaust

Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction. Eds. Elisa-Maria Hiemer, Jiří Holý, Agata Firlej, Hana Nichtburgerová. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2021, 514 s. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671056

Holocaust Emotion Cards: Project Presentation

The purpose of this article is to present the project Holocaust Emotion Cards, which was created as part of the course Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Holocaust Memory, run by Western Galilee College. In the first p…

Fan-Fiction, Liebesgeschichten, Erzählungen über Deportationen und Konzentrationslager: Eine Skizze zur digitalen Literatur über den Holocaust und Nationalsozialismus auf der Online-Plattform Wattpad

E-book platforms, such as Wattpad (wattpad.com) offer authors and readers, often rather young, the opportunity to publish their own stories on a wide varietyof topics and in different genre categories, e.g., fanfiction,…

Several Narrative Strategies in Yiddish and Czech Stories

This article deals with six short stories written in Yiddish and Czech analyzing their narrative strategies. In The German by Sholem Aleichem the limited first-person perspective of the story makes it impossible to look…

Lexical and Grammatical Characteristics of the Belarusian Translation of Chapter 1 and 2 of The Gospel of Matthew (Catholic and Orthodox Editions, 2017)

This article provides a comparative analysis of certain lexical and grammatical peculiarities in the Catholic and Orthodox editions of the Belarusian translation of Chapters 1 and 2 of the Gospel of Matthew in the New T…

History and Literature in the Historical Novels of Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

The paper begins by asserting that the historical novels of Ksaver Šandor Gjalski have received special treatment in Croatian literary historiography, which tends to ascribe to them a more a documentary and historiograp…

Priority of Applying Stochastic Differential Equations over their Ordinary Counterparts in Accurately Predicting Stock Prices

Background and aims. Despite the abundance of deterministic models designed to study applied issues in biology, physics, economics, and other fields, which have undergone continuous development and modification to achie…

Relationship Between Vitamin B12 and Spontaneous Abortion

Background and aims. Spontaneous abortion is the most common adverse pregnancy outcome. This study aimed to evaluate vitamin B12 levels in women with abortion and normal pregnancy, with the ultimate goal of studying the…

Impact of Oral Health Knowledge and Attitude on Gingival Health Status

Aims. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of oral health knowledge and attitude on gingival health status among dental students at the University of Tripoli, Libya. Methods. This cross-sectional study w…

Toxic Effect of Deltamethrin on Some Hematological and Biochemical Parameter of Male Rats

Background and aims. Deltamethrin (Dm) is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used worldwide in agriculture, home pest control, protection of foodstuff and disease vector control. The aim of this study was to investigate…

Localization of Some Larval Stages of Schistosoma spp., in the Derna Waterfall, Libya

Background and aims. Schistosoma, one of the Trematoda, is responsible for nearly 80,000 deaths per year. These worms cause the disease Schistosomiasis, which is the most common parasitic disease around the world. Studi…

Evaluating the Performance of Stool Antigen Tests to Detect Helicobacter pylori Infection in Tobruk, Libya

Background and aims. Infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) occurs in half of the general population worldwide, with high geographic variability. Even though H. pylori is the leading cause of several gastric disea…

Growth Performance, Some Carcass Traits and Biochemical Parameters of Ross 308 Broilers Under Commercial Farming Conditions in Northeastern of Libya

Background and aims. Assessment of productivity of exotic strains of broilers should be periodically carried out to define their requirements and optimize productive efficiency. The growth performance, some carcass char…

To evaluate the impact of aspirin in prevention of coronary artery disease in superspeciality hospital Jalandhar Punjab, India

Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD), a prevalent cardiovascular ailment, arises from the gradual accumulation of fatty deposits, cholesterol, and other substances within the coronary arteries - the blood vessels…

Reproductive Health of Women: a comprehensive review

Full access to sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right. Women and girls around the world, especially those living in poverty, have little or no access to reproductive health and rights information an…

Reproductive Health of Women: a comprehensive review

Full access to sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right. Women and girls around the world, especially those living in poverty, have little or no access to reproductive health and rights information an…

Determination and Study of Main Biological Features of Bacteriophages Active Against Bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Background and aims. One of the significant areas of modern microbiology and biotechnology is the study of bacteriophages. This is due to the growing interest in terms of their practical application in various branches…