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- Title
- "Tell me about Auschwitz." : changing forms and perceptions of Holocaust testimony
- Creator
- Gohlke-Wickey, Jennifer
- Date
- 2017
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Description
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"Holocaust survivor testimonies are complex not only in their nature but also in their function and public perception. This notion is complicated even more as survivor testimonies and their function have significantly changed over time. In the immediate postwar years, Holocaust survivor testimonies served a strictly documentary purpose in order to document the Nazis' crimes. Over the course of different legal proceedings, such as the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, in the early to mid-1960s,...
Show more"Holocaust survivor testimonies are complex not only in their nature but also in their function and public perception. This notion is complicated even more as survivor testimonies and their function have significantly changed over time. In the immediate postwar years, Holocaust survivor testimonies served a strictly documentary purpose in order to document the Nazis' crimes. Over the course of different legal proceedings, such as the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, in the early to mid-1960s, testimonies were utilized to legally convict several Nazis of murder. Today, survivor testimonies can be found in more literary forms, giving voice to individual and personal experiences. Furthermore, scholars and the public perception have a crucial function in the formation of testimonies as well. The broader context that frames this thesis is the idea that the past is not only defined by events that already took place but that it is also shaped by the present. To elucidate this context, this thesis will be diachronic and comparative in nature, analyzing the function, motivation, perception, and reception of survivor testimonies. It explores the idea that it is the nature of the questions we direct at survivors concerning their testimonies that possibly make the difference between talking about and talking with survivors. In particular, this thesis will show that a more nuanced understanding of Holocaust testimony is only possible if we are aware that it is not only the survivor who gives shape to his testimony but that we as listeners, including our expectations, questions, and reactions, to a certain degree, shape the form and content of testimony as well."--Abstract.
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- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Auschwitz Camp 1 entry point
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Auschwitz Camp 1 entry point
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Barracks #4 housing exhibition of camp extermination process
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Barracks #4 housing exhibition of camp extermination process
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Barracks and guard tower from on-site
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Barracks and guard tower from on-site
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Barracks road spine at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Barracks road spine at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Barracks row with main gate to the left
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Barracks row with main gate to the left
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Barracks row with main gate to the right
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Barracks row with main gate to the right
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Camp orchestra playing at Camp 1 gate
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Camp orchestra playing at Camp 1 gate
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Close-up of Auschwitz Camp 1 entry gate
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Close-up of Auschwitz Camp 1 entry gate
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Close-up photo of Barracks #14 door
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Close-up photo of Barracks #14 door
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Courtyard containing the execution wall for camp prisoners
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Courtyard containing the execution wall for camp prisoners
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Detail of first crematorium at Auschwitz 1 camp
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Detail of first crematorium at Auschwitz 1 camp
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Electrified fencing and barracks at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Electrified fencing and barracks at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Entry guard house at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Entry guard house at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Entry to Barracks #11; infamous block used for prisoner interrogation
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Entry to Barracks #11; infamous block used for prisoner
interrogation
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Execution Wall in Auschwitz Camp 1
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Execution Wall in Auschwitz Camp 1
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Exhibition photos inside barracks block #4
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Exhibition photos inside barracks block #4
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Further view of barracks row along the same camp road
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Further view of barracks row along the same camp road
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Guard tower along the camp perimeter fence line
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Guard tower along the camp perimeter fence line
- Title
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp : Main entry gate at Auschwitz Camp 1
- Creator
- Mezga, Duane
- Date
- 1992-06
- Photographed Site
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Collection
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description
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Main entry gate at Auschwitz Camp 1