Nataliia Horbach

The picture of the literary reception of the Holocaust in Ukraine cannot be complete without the inclusion of non-fiction literature which, unlike fiction, is based on real events, and unlike scientific and historical research, reproduces a vivid picture of events and people's characters, subjectivity in the selection and structuring of material, in the assessment of events. This study focuses on the works of D. Humenna, I. Khoroshunova, A. Sharandachenko, D. Malakov, Y. Chykyrysov, D. Hlotser, K. Kramer, M. Hauptman, etc., which are dedicated to the circumstances of World War II in Ukrainian territories. The purpose of the study is to analyse the representation of the Holocaust in these works. The aim is to clarify the worldview, individual-style, narrative features of works whose authors addressed the topic of the Holocaust; to trace the concepts of depicting the genocide of Jews and Roma depending on a specific era as well as the individual factors of the authors; to expand ideas about the Holocaust as part of Ukrainian history, in particular, the ethnicity- and gender-based experience of surviving the Holocaust, the fate of children, problems of collaboration, etc. in non-fiction literature; and to consider the role of non-fiction literature in shaping memory discourse about the tragedy of the Holocaust.

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