The Era of the Witness

by Annette Wieviorka

Book Overview

What is the role of survivor testimony in Holocaust remembrance? Today such recollections are considered among the most compelling and important historical sources we have, but this has not always been true. In The Era of the Witness, a concise, rigorously argued, and provocative work of cultural and intellectual history, Annette Wieviorka seeks to answer this surpassingly complex question. She analyzes the conditions under which survivor testimonies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473160
• ISBN13: 9780801473166
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher