Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches

Over the course of an 18-year tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication Society, the author encountered numerous ethical dilemmas relating to publishing Holocaust manuscripts. These dilemmas concerned a book's provenance, authorship, distribution of royalties, authenticity, and appropriateness. In the article, the author presents several case studies of various Holocaust manuscripts and their disposition, describing the processes of vetting and debate pertaining to each problematic acquisition.