Holocaust Testimonies - The ruins of memory

Lawrence L. Langer

Yale University Press

1991

216 páginas

7h 12m

ISBN-10: 0300052472

This prize-winning work is the first sustained analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors contributes to our understanding of the Holocaust. It also sheds light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastanting experiences of pain, humiliation, and loss. Quoting extensively from videotaped interviews with survivors, Langer contrasts written and oral narratives, shows how oral Holocaust testimonies complement historical studies, and explores the effect of the Holocaus experience on the survivor's sense of self.