Child Survivors: Important Historical Sources in Documenting the History of the Holocaust and its Aftermath
Lecture by Joanna Michlic (London & Lund).
Abstract
In this lecture, I examine the three major post-1945 waves of child Holocaust testimonies. I discuss the presence in the early post-war testimonies, of what is known in the study of late post-war testimonies, as secret and communal memories (Christopher Browning). My main argument is that the three waves of child survivors’ testimonies have to be studied together to understand the full impact of the genocidal past on different stages of young survivors’ lives. Only then could we write the full collective biography of young survivors? This talk is dedicated to the memory of my dear colleague, friend, and mentor Prof. Lawrence L. Langer (1929- 2024).
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