Narrating loss in Poland 70 years after the Holocaust

What do stories of loss sound like 70 years after the Holocaust and how are they remembered in the places where the losses themselves occurred? When Steven Hopman returned to Poland in 2010, as part of the March of the Living's (MOL) Montreal contingent of survivors tasked with educating students about the Holocaust, he grappled with how best to narrate a coherent and shareable story. This article shares his struggle to go public with the 'salvaged remnants' of his experiences while detailing the strategies he employed to describe what was beyond loss and could not be shared.

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Journal
Holocaust Studies
Published
2024-08-21
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/17504902.2024.2388361
Primary Topic
Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
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Narrating loss in Poland 70 years after the Holocaust

Stacey Zembrzycki
Holocaust Studies
Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
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Narrating loss in Poland 70 years after the Holocaust

Stacey Zembrzycki
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Abstract

What do stories of loss sound like 70 years after the Holocaust and how are they remembered in the places where the losses themselves occurred? When Steven Hopman returned to Poland in 2010, as part of the March of the Living's (MOL) Montreal contingent of survivors tasked with educating students about the Holocaust, he grappled with how best to narrate a coherent and shareable story. This article shares his struggle to go public with the 'salvaged remnants' of his experiences while detailing the strategies he employed to describe what was beyond loss and could not be shared.

Holocaust Studies
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Openalex Percentile: Top 77%
Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
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