Approaching an Auschwitz Survivor

Holocaust Testimony and Its Transformations
Herausgeber: Matthäus, Jürgen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Atina Grossmann, Konrad Kwiet, Wendy Lower, Jà rgen Matthà us, and Nechama Tec analyze the testimony of one Holocaust survivor, Helen "Zippi" Spitzer Tichauer. This book's new, multifaceted approach toward Zippi's unique story combined with the authors' analysis of key aspects of Holocaust memory, its forms and its functions, makes it a rewarding and fascinating read.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Oral History Series
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780199772537
• ISBN-10: 0199772533
• Artikelnr.: 31795960

Autorenporträt

Director, Applied Research, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Mark Roseman
* Introduction: What Does it Mean? Holocaust Testimony and the Story of
Helen "Zippi" Tichauer
* Chapter 1: Designing Survival: A Graphic Artist in Birkenau
* Konrad Kwiet
* Chapter 2: Recapturing the Past: Individuality and Cooperation in
Auschwitz
* Nechama Tec
* Chapter 3: Displacing Memory: The Transformations of an Early
Interview
* Jürgen Matthäus
* Chapter 4: Living On: Remembering Feldafing
* Atina Grossmann
* Chapter 5: Distant Encounter: An Auschwitz Survivor in the College
Classroom
* Wendy Lower
* Conclusion: What Have We Learned?
* Appendix: English Translation of an Interview
* Conducted by David Boder with Helen Tichauer
* Notes
* Bibliography
* About the Contributors
* Index