Representing the Holocaust: reflections on the historians' debate
TitleRepresenting the Holocaust: reflections on the historians' debate
Author
Call number940.5318072/0011
Object number01804G
Place of publicationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
PublisherHarvard University Press
Year of publication
1992
Physical descriptionpp108-127
MaterialArticle
ISBN674707664
NotesArticle from the book 'Probing the limits of representation: Nazism and the "Final Solution"' pp108-127
Description
Calls into question any positivist approach: the historian has to rethink traditional categories when confronted with events such as the Holocaust. "I do not think that conventional techniques, ... are ever sufficient, and to some extent the sudy of the Holocaust may help us to reconsider the requirements of historiography in general"