RE: [Cz-L] The Genesis of Paul Celan's "Todesfuge"

Since my Russian consists of a couple of obscenities only I cannot read
this,,,so I hope somebody can tell us who the Czernowitz rabbi was????
Cornel

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[mailto:bounce-111743927-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Boris Briker
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:38 AM
To: Edgar Hauster
Cc: Czernowitz Discussion Group
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] The Genesis of Paul Celan's "Todesfuge"

Hello Edgar,

I tried to look for the Krasnaya Zvezda article, but I am glad that Galina
found it and sent it to you. It is interesting that in 1944 the Soviets
published this Simonov article as a little book (you call it pamphlet) in
several languages even in Yiddish, but not in original Russian. It was
published in Russian only in the Red Army Newspaper, Red Star. Later in the
1970s and in 1980s Simonov published a book, Writers Diaries, in which he
recalls his experiences as a war correspondent. Here he talks about the
concentration camps in Poland. This book is available on the Internet.
There is also page or two in this book about how the author, Simonov, meets
a rabbi in Czernowitz who tells him about the horrors of the ghetto in
Czernowitz. It is here.
http://militera.lib.ru/db/simonov_km/2_18.html

The idea of a connection between Simonov's account of the concentration
camps and Paul Cellan’s famous poem is quite fascinating. It would be
however hard or impossible to prove that Paul Cellan actually met Simonov in
Chernowitz. (Simonov recalls in this book that a young Jewish student
guided him to the Rabbi’s house. I guess it will be too farfetched to
suggest that this student was actually Paul Celan.)

Best,
Boris
boris.briker_at_villanova.edu

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