title: Polish camp literature. A few questions about a synthesis that is missing
abstract: The author of the text poses questions why there has never been a historical and literary synthesis regarding Polish camp literature, Lager-themed in particular, as Gulag literature possesses at least protosyntheses. He presents his answers which refer to the significance of Tadeusz Borowski’s camp prose, the exceptionality of the Holocaust, and the differences in recording the camp experience domestically and during emigration. What is most important in the article is the indication of the oppo
journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Litteraria Polonica