The 27th of January is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, was liberated by Soviet troops. Baltic Worlds’ latest issue includes an article that analysis the DEGOB witness accounts recorded in Hungary in 1945—1946. The author, conclude that the testimonies provide a large sample of the generally horrific but also diverse experiences of witnesses of major Nazi camps such as Buchenwald. “As a whole, these records show that, alongside profound mass traumatization, a substantial number of Hungarian Jewish witnesses were able and willing to articulate details of their terrible knowledge about the Holocaust shortly after their liberation”. balticworlds/breaking-the-silence-again/
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:05:25 +0000
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