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Testimonies to the Holocaust
Magdalena Kawa
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The Holocaust, carried out by the Nazi during the second world war on almost six million Jews, has left its distinct mark on the post-war reality. This event has resulted in great emptiness, noticeable on many levels, e.g. demographic, social, cultural and architectural. The memory of the Holocaust, vivid among the survivors, was an effort to fill that void. This paper discusses two major problems: the memory and the testimonies of survivors, both of which have already been thoroughly explored. These terms are present in theoretical and public discourse. Instead of comprehensive presentation of the memory of the Holocaust and the role of testimony in representing the Holocaust or attempting to define the expressions in question, I have chosen to delve into three aspects. What is in the scope of my interest is, firstly, the approach of the historiography of the Holocaust to the testimonies of survivors. Secondly, I am investigating the relation between the testimonies and the memory of the Holocaust. Finally, the paper concludes in an attempt to present the problem of the memory of the Holocaust in relation to the testimonies of former prisoners of Concentration Camp at Majdanek.
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collective memory, testimonies of survivors, the Holocaust, World War II, historiography, memories, KL Majdanek, concentration campMost read articles by the same author(s)
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