In the Middle of the Rubbles, the Memory. Shoah and Trauma in the Fall

Abstract

Literature and history have many affinities. Because both are constituted as narratives, they have the art of storytelling. We would like, with this work, to defend that it is also possible to study and reflect on some historical fact through the literary genre as if they were two margins that touch and mix. Thus, we list as object of study the novel published in 2011, authored by Michel Laub, entitled Diary of the Fall. The work in question brings the conflicts of the characters and their relationship with trauma and memory, as a result of the exposures to the shock experienced by the characters in Second World War. Our proposal is to reflect on this period, whose ruins still pulsate in the time-of-here-now. Finally, we intend to answer these questions in the course of our research, mainly based on the theories of Gagnebin (2009), Arendt (2012) and Adorno (1995). It is concluded, through the discussions presented, that there is a need to discuss Shoah in Brazil, since this atrocity appears as a stain on the history of the whole West and also because in the post-war period many Jewish immigrants came to reconstitute their lives in Brazilian territory thus having the precision of discussing their past and creating links between yesterday and today.