Testimonies of Trauma: Surviving Auschwitz-Birkenau

Book chapter


Pine, L (2016). Testimonies of Trauma: Surviving Auschwitz-Birkenau. in: Leese, P and Crouthamel, J (ed.) Traumatic Memories of the Second World War and After Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 69-93
AuthorsPine, L
EditorsLeese, P and Crouthamel, J
Abstract

This chapter examines some of the distinctions faced by victims of the Nazi regime in regard to their gender, as men’s and women’s testimonies have many aspects in common, but also some significant differences. The distinctions in their memories are of much interest because they illustrate subjectivities of trauma. Furthermore, the experiences faced by survivors of Auschwitz had a great impact on their own subsequent lives and on how they chose to relate their narratives and histories. This is very noteworthy in terms of the development of the historiography - whose traumatic experiences gain attention and why, and whose have been ignored? Women's Holocaust histories and narratives have not been examined until comparatively recently. No longer are women’s voices unheard and there is now a substantial literature on women’s writing and the Holocaust. This is an area of research that is constantly growing. The diversity of experiences faced by Holocaust victims requires greater scrutiny. Furthermore, particular aspects of Holocaust experience that have been difficult or taboo subjects have also been neglected in the historical writing on the Holocaust. However, such angles are important to our knowledge of the Holocaust as a whole because they give us a breadth of comprehension of and a greater insight into the diversity of victims’ experiences.

Page range69-93
Year2016
Book titleTraumatic Memories of the Second World War and After
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN978-3-319-33469-1
Publication dates
Print17 Oct 2016
Publication process dates
Deposited28 Jul 2016
Accepted07 Jul 2016
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33470-7_4
Accepted author manuscript
License
Permalink -

https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/871yv

Download files

  • 123
    total views
  • 107
    total downloads
  • 2
    views this month
  • 4
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

‘The Germ Cell of the Nation’: The Family in the Third Reich
Pine, L. (2020). ‘The Germ Cell of the Nation’: The Family in the Third Reich. in: The Family in Modern Germany London Bloomsbury Academic.
An Unexpected but Fruitful Academic Journey
Pine, L. (2020). An Unexpected but Fruitful Academic Journey. in: Baumel-Schwartz, J. and Ofer, D. (ed.) Her Story, My Story? Writing About Women and the Holocaust Peter Lang.
The Experiences of Male Holocaust Victims at Auschwitz
Pine, L (2020). The Experiences of Male Holocaust Victims at Auschwitz. in: Krondorfer, B and Creanga, O (ed.) The Holocaust and Masculinities: Critical Inquiries into the Presence and Absence of Men New York, USA SUNY Press.
The Family and Private Life
Pine, L (2018). The Family and Private Life. in: Baranowski, S, Nolzen, A and Szejnmann, C (ed.) A Companion to Nazi Germany Wiley.
Debating Genocide
Pine, L (2018). Debating Genocide. in: Debating Genocide London Bloomsbury Academic.
Hitler's 'National Community': Society and Culture in Nazi Germany Second Edition
Pine, L (2017). Hitler's 'National Community': Society and Culture in Nazi Germany Second Edition. London Bloomsbury.
Germany
Pine, L (2016). Germany. in: Angulo, AJ (ed.) Miseducation: A History of Ignorance-Making in America and Abroad Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 244-267
Life and Times in Nazi Germany
Pine, L Pine, L (ed.) (2016). Life and Times in Nazi Germany. London Bloomsbury Academic.
Les Jeunesses hitlériennes et la Seconde guerre mondiale
Pine, L (2017). Les Jeunesses hitlériennes et la Seconde guerre mondiale. Le Mouvement Social. 261 (4), pp. 81-92. https://doi.org/10.3917/lms.261.0081
German Women and the Home Front in the Second World War
Pine, L (2016). German Women and the Home Front in the Second World War. Women's History Review. 26 (4), pp. 634-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1148510
Gender and the Holocaust: Male and Female Experiences of Auschwitz
Pine, L (2015). Gender and the Holocaust: Male and Female Experiences of Auschwitz. in: Randall, A (ed.) Genocide and Gender in the Twentieth Century A Comparative Survey London Bloomsbury Academic.