The Diary of Samuel Golfard and the Holocaust in Galiciaexamines the contents and context of a rare diary written by a Jewish man from Nazi-occupied Poland. Serving as both a record and an artifact of Samuel Golfard s life, the diary details his attempt to make sense of and resist the event that ultimately destroyed him. Wendy Lower integrates photographs, newspaper articles, documents, and testimonies to create a more complete picture of Golfard s experiences and writings. She also traces the diary s own journey after Golfard s death, from 1943 Poland to the present day."