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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: "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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Main entry gate at Auschwitz Camp 1

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