Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy
by Carol Rittner, John K. Roth
Category: Religion

Memory Offended definitively surveys the controversy surrounding the establishment at Auschwitz of a Polish Carmelite convent in a building that was once a storehouse for the poisonous Zyklon B used in the Nazi death camp's gas chambers. Fifteen international scholars who represent diverse viewpoints within both Jewish and Christian traditions identify, analyze, and comment on the long-range issues, questions, and implications at the heart of the controversy. Included are a chronology of events pertinent to the Auschwitz convent controversy, 1933-1990 and an appendix of key documents about the controversy. "There are many new thoughts expressed here, and much can be learned from this timely, scholarly, and exciting work." Library Journal