Representing the Holocaust: reflections on the historians' debate
TitreRepresenting the Holocaust: reflections on the historians' debate
Auteur
Call number940.5318072/0011
N° d'objet01804G
Lieu de publicationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
EditeurHarvard University Press
Année de publication
1992
Paginationpp108-127
MatérielArticle
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"