Close to a time when there will be no more survivors to speak about their suffering, this innovative study takes much-needed stock of the past, present and future of Holocaust testimony.Drawing from a vast range of witness accounts - including a never-before-published survivor interview - and carefully situating analysis within broader historical and political discourses, this international team of scholars address many pertinent issues of testimony in the post-witness age. These include: questions of representation and testimony form; memory politics and the role of the witness; the legacy of the Holocaust and impact on future generations; the digital turn and issues of access; and gender and testimony in the wake of #MeToo. Stressing the importance of re-assessing, re-contextualizing, and re-presenting testimonies, these essays make a powerful case for the ongoing centrality of witnesses and witnessing in Holocaust research, education and memory. In doing so, Holocaust Testimonies skillfully paves the way for future research with survivor testimonies.

List of IllustrationsForeword, Hank Greenspan (University of Michigan, USA)Introduction, Boaz Cohen (Western Galilee College, Israel), Wolf Gruner (University of Southern California, USA), Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Appalachian State University, USA), and Miriam Offer (Western Galilee Colllege, Israel)Part I. At the End of an Era: Interviewing the Last Survivors1. One Survivor's Testimonial Journey through Time: Gabriel Finder Interviews Shimon Redlich, Gabriel Finder (University of Virginia, USA) and Shimon Redlich (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)Part II. Re-Interpreting Oral Holocaust Testimonies2. Reframing the Frame: From David P. Broder's Early Research on Trauma in Postwar Europe to Later Holocaust Testimony, Daniel Schuch (University of Jena, Germany)3. The First Voices from the Shoah in the East: Integrating Soviet Records into Holocaust Studies, Paula Chan (Georgetown University)4. From behind the Wall - From behind the Window - From behind the Fence - From behind the Corner: Polish Testimonies of the Holocaust in Nawy Targ County, Karolina Panz (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)Part III. Beyond the Spoken Word: Written and Alternative Forms of Survivor Testimonies5. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's Memories of the Holocaust: Analysis of Multiple Testimonies, Christoph Thonfeld (KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau, Germany)6. Testimonial Montage and the Cracow Ghetto Uprising, Sheila Jelen (University of Kentucky, USA)7. Holocaust Maps as Alternative Testimonies, Aleksandra Szczepan (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland)Part IV. Holocaust Testimonies in Competing Memory Cultures8. Holocaust Politics of Memory in Opposition to Testimonies and Research in Poland, Agnieszka Zajaczkowska-Drozdz (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland)9. 'The Living Memory of the Jewish Community' and 'Refugee Voices': The Instrumentalization of Identity in Holocaust Testimonies, Madeline White (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)10. The Future Conceptual and Methodological Usage of Holocaust Survivor Testimonies in the Study of Victims of Genocide and State Violence in Guatemala and Mexico, Yael Siman (Anáhuac University, Mexico)Part V. Holocaust Testimonies and Gender Analysis: Accomplishments, Prospects, Politics11. Sexual Violence and the Holocaust: What Can We Learn from Holocaust Survivors 75 Years After the Fact?, Pascale Bos (University of Texas-Austin, USA)12. A More Complete Picture of the Past: Sexual Abuse, #MeToo, and the Future of Holocaust Testimonies, Yaakov Ariel (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, USA)13. Integrated Voices: Poetic Holocaust Testimonies Written by Female Survivors and their Daughters, Yael Ben-Zvi Morad (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)Part VI. Digital Turns: New Forms of Representation and Access14. Tangible Memory: Testimonies in the Digital Age, Moral Pearl-Harpaz (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)15. From the 'Era of Witnesses' to Transtestimonial Engagements with Holocaust Memory: The USC Shoah Foundation's Dimensions in Testimony Project, Sanna Stegmaier (King's College London, UK)16. The Future of Memories - and the Future of Testimonies? 'Prosthetic Witnesses as a New Concept for Witnessing in Digital Media, Anne-Berenike Rothstein (University of Konstanz, Germany), Tabea Widmann (University of Konstanz, Germany) and Josefine Honk (University of Konstanz, Germany)Part VII. The Next Generations: From First- to Second- and Third-Generation Testimonies17. And You Shall Tell Your Children: Memory, Post-Memory, and the Future of Holocaust Testimony, Avi Patt (University of Connecticut, USA)18. The Role of the Second and Third Generations in the Future of Holocaust Testimonies, Rebekah Slodounik (Bucknell University, USA)Conclusion, Boaz Cohen (Western Galilee College, Israel), Wolf Gruner (University of Southern California, USA), Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Appalachian State University, USA), and Miriam Offer (Western Galilee Colllege, Israel)BibliographyIndex