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The second, most important, phase is centered on the eichmann trial, which for wieviorka is the moment 19611962 when a broad cultural deafness to survivors stories was replaced by the image of the witness as bearer of history. In the books second chapter, the advent of the witness, wieviorka describes how gideon hausner, chief prosecutor in the case, embraced israeli prime minister david bengurions view that the trial should serve as a history lesson, and be imbued with social and moral purpose. The author follows the changing nature of the witness into a third phase, which she calls the era of the witness. The story is about wiesels survival and struggle during the holocaust. Each of the three had ample reason and opportunity to renounce his testimony if it had been false, or to.
She analyzes the conditions under which survivor testimonies have been produced, how they have been received over time, and how the testimonies shaped the construction of history and collective memory. Pdf the era of the witness rosanne kennedy academia. In her youth, wieviorka was a convinced maoist who went to china with her husband and her son, and worked as a french teacher in canton, between 1974 and 1976. The era of the witness haftad, 2006, haftad find the lowest prices at pricerunner compare prices from 3 stores dont overpay save today. Cornell university press paperback by wieviorka, annette isbn.
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