My parents were killed in Sobibor, but it feels as if I was there: Imagination in my Interviews

Autor: Selma Leydesdorff
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Historein; Τόμ. 18 Αρ. 1 (2019): Jewish Life after the Return: Dutch and Greek Experiences after the Shoah. Part I
Historein; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2019): Jewish Life after the Return: Dutch and Greek Experiences after the Shoah. Part I
ISSN: 2241-2816
1108-3441
DOI: 10.12681/historein.14386
Popis: During the Demjanjuk trial in Munich (2009–2011), I had the unexpected privilege to interview the Nebenkläger (co-plaintiffs) who testified in court about Sobibor. They related extremely sad stories about losing fathers, mothers, spouses and close family. In this article, I attempt to analyse their extreme loneliness and I wonder how to interpret their fragmented language of trauma. What kind of knowledge did they commit, and in what way are their stories different from the stories told by survivors?
Databáze: OpenAIRE