Essays about: "Shoah"

Found 2 essays containing the word Shoah.

1. 1. “I Want to Tell You a Story”: Exploring the Role of Narratives in Documenting Sexual Violence During the Holocaust : A Study of Survivor Testimonies from the Warsaw and Łódź Ghettos

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Matylda Jonas-Kowalik; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This qualitative research study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the narratives  surrounding the experience of sexual violence during the Holocaust, focusing on the localized context of the Warsaw and Łódź ghettos and their immediate surroundings. The main objectives of this research are to examine how Holocaust survivors recount experiences of sexual violence in video testimonies and investigate the scope of sexual  violence in the localized context by analyzing different perpetrator groups and the  power relations that enabled sexual violence in the ghettos and in hiding. READ MORE

3. 2. For me, home wasn't a freezer : Works of postmemory in Israeli Shoah documentaries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Martina Sögaard; [2015]
   Keywords : Collective memory; Shoah; Second generation; Third generation; documentary; postmemory; Israel; identity; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the Shoah affects Israeli society today and deals with the construction of identity and collective memory of the Post-Shoah generations in Israel. The study analyzes three Israeli documentary films through the theory of Marianne Hirsch’s “postmemory”. READ MORE