"You Said the Words You Wanted Me to Hear But I Heard The Words You Couldn't Bring Yourself To Say": Women's First Person Accounts of the Holocaust.

From: The Oral History Review | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

Women's oral documentation and autobiographies can often be pivotal factors in understanding the Holocaust from a broader perspective. By letting the survivor speak for herself she becomes a subject--and not only an object--of history. Due to its very nature, oral history in particular, which in its purest form generates a dynamic interaction between interviewer and interviewee, can also create a positive environment for engendered and intimate discussions of otherwise taboo issues. "Women's history was first of all a history of their bodies," writes Michelle ...

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