Oxford Holocaust Studies Reading Group – Discussion – HMD 2024
Activity information
Activity type: Public activity
Organisation name: Oxford Holocaust Studies Reading Group
Website: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/holocaust-memorial-da
Address:
Clarendon Institute
Walton Street
Oxford
Hampshire
OX1 2HG
United Kingdom
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, the Oxford Holocaust Studies Reading Group would like to invite everyone to a discussion on this year’s theme, the fragility of freedom.
Join us as we explore testimonies from different conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring commonalities related to freedom, oppression, and other experiences of persecution.
Video Testimonies
Lily Ebert (Holocaust) -
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-lily-ebert-bem/
Hannah Lewis (Holocaust) - https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-hannah-lewis-mbe/
Antoinette Mutabazi (Rwanda) - https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-antoinette-mutabazi/
Jeddah Zakaria (Darfur) - https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-jeddah-zakaria/
Var Ashe Houston (Cambodia) - https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-var-ashe-houston-bem/
Smajo Beso (Bosnia) - https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/the-testimony-of-smajo-beso/
Article
Zoe Waxman: ‘Transcending History? Methodological Problems in Holocaust Testimony’, Dan Stone (ed.), The Holocaust and Historical Methodology, (New York: Berghahn Books, 2012), pp. 143-157.
Discussion Questions
Are there commonalities to be seen among the testimonies from various, differing conflicts? Are there diverges?
What themes are you noticing in the testimonies, if any?
Are there any testimonies which stood out to you? If so, why?
Did any of the testimonies speak to this year’s HMD theme, the fragility of freedom?
Organiser Name
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Other organisation(s) involved
The Oxford Research Center in the Humanities; The Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies