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Title Approaching an Auschwitz survivor : holocaust testimony and its transformations / edited by Jurgen Matthaus ; foreword by Mark Roseman.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.5318 T436Ba 2009    ---  Available
Description x, 211 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series The Oxford oral history series
Oxford oral history series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Five Holocaust scholars reflect on the testimony of one survivor, Helen "Zippi" Tichauer and watch her testimony--and scholarly responses to it--evolve over the years"--Provided by publisher.
Contents What Does it Mean? Holocaust testimony and the story of Helen "Zippi" Tichauer -- Designing survival: a graphic artist in Birkenau / Konrad Kwiet -- Recapturing the past: individuality and cooperation in Auschwitz / Nechama Tec -- Displacing memory: the transformations of an early interview / Jurgen Matthaus -- Living on: remembering Feldafing / Atina Grossmann -- Distant encounter: an Auschwitz survivor in the college classroom / Wendy Lower -- What have we learned? -- English translation of an interview: Conducted by David Boder with Helen Tichauer.
Subject Tichauer, Helen, 1918-2018.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism.
Holocaust survivors -- Interviews -- History and criticism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Added Author Matthaus, Jurgen, 1959-
ISBN 9780195389159
0195389158

 
    
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