When Binjamin Wilkomirski published his memoir, FRAGMENTS, in 1995, it was hailed as a brilliant and unflinching account of Holocaust-era torture at the hands of the Nazi machine from the point of view of one who was but a child when the events occurred. His memoir created a critical sensation, and was compared to the works of Primo Levi and Anne Frank. However, scholarship has subsequently uncovered many flaws in his document. THE WILKOMIRSKI AFFAIR discusses the memoir in light of the fact that it may be riddled with inaccuracies. In so doing, it wrestles with many issues of Holocaust studies.
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