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Oral Histories of Hidden Children in Denmark during the Holocaust: Narratives , Identity and Trauma Sofie Lene Bak Copenhagen University. Methodological reflections. Patterns L imitations of the written sources W hy are the sources silent? Silence as a social phenomenon
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Oral Histories of Hidden Children in Denmark during the Holocaust: Narratives, Identity and Trauma Sofie Lene Bak Copenhagen University
Methodological reflections • Patterns • Limitations of the written sources • Why are the sources silent? • Silence as a social phenomenon • Conspiracies of silence
Memory and Identity • Memories are an attempt to create meaning and coherence in our lives. • We construct our identity by telling stories about our lives. • An interaction - memory narratives constructs identity - just as our identity affects our memory. Who we think we are now and what we want to become affects what we think we have been (Alastair Thomson)
WW2 materials at The Danish Jewish Museum http://jewmus.dk/en/research/wartime-experiences/collected-materials/