Ethics and testimony of the Holocaust in the light of the "Black Book"

This article is a thorough analysis of "The Black Book," a monumental collection of testimonies about the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, edited by Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman. The author examines the role of documentary literature in perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust, simultaneously analyzing the mechanisms of dehumanization and the so-called bureaucracy of death. The text does not limit itself to a description of evil; it also searches for traces of heroism and human dignity in the attitudes of those who helped Jews. The reflection encompasses the crisis of modern axiology and the collapse of theodicy in the face of unimaginable suffering. This is a study of ethics in critical situations, shedding light on the power of testimony as a tool in combating the forgetting and dehumanization of victims.