Playing the Holocaust
TitlePlaying the Holocaust
Author
Call number704.949943086/0001
Object number05330E
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
PublisherThe Jewish Museum, Rutgers University Press
Year of publication
2002
Physical descriptionpp65-84
MaterialArticle
ISBN0813529603
NotesArticle from the catalog of an exhibition opening at the Jewish Museum in New York in March 2002 pp65-84
Description
Argues that to some extent the child has come to stand 'for the next generations, who need to learn a trauma they have not directly lived,' who instead of talking about such terror, or looking at it, will necessarily "playact" it as a way to know and work through it