The Witness as Object
Video Testimonies in Holocaust Museums
Author(s)
de Jong, Steffi
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
101571Language
EnglishAbstract
Today more than ever before, the historical witness is now a “museum object” in the form of video interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance. Such video testimonies now not only are part of the collections and research activities of museums, but become deeply intertwined with narrative and exhibit design. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time this new global process of “musealisation” of testimony, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits.
Keywords
History; Holocaust; video exhibits; testimony; public memory; public history; Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; Imperial War Museum; The Holocaust; Yad VashemDOI
10.2307/j.ctv3znzsdISBN
9781785336430;9781785336447OCN
1038392556Publisher
Berghahn BooksPublisher website
https://berghahnbooks.com/Publication date and place
2018-04-30Series
Museums & Collections,Classification
Museology and heritage studies