Approaching an Auschwitz Survivor
Holocaust Testimony and Its Transformations

How willing are we to learn from the experiences of a survivor, and how much is our perception preconditioned by standardized images? What are the mechanisms, aims, and pitfalls of storytelling? Can survivor testimonies be understood properly without guidance from those who experienced the events? This book's new, multifaceted approach toward Zippi's unique story combined with the authors' analysis of key aspects of Holocaust memory, its forms and its functions, makes it a rewarding and fascinating read.

FOREWORD
MARK ROSEMAN
INTRODUCTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOLOCAUST TESTIMONY AND THE STORY OF HELEN "ZIPPI" TICHAUER
CHAPTER 1: DESIGNING SURVIVAL: A GRAPHIC ARTIST IN BIRKENAU
KONRAD KWIET
CHAPTER 2: RECAPTURING THE PAST: INDIVIDUALITY AND COOPERATION IN AUSCHWITZ
NECHAMA TEC
CHAPTER 3: DISPLACING MEMORY: THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF AN EARLY INTERVIEW
JURGEN MATTHAUS
CHAPTER 4: LIVING ON: REMEMBERING FELDAFING
ATINA GROSSMANN
CHAPTER 5: DISTANT ENCOUNTER: AN AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM
WENDY LOWER
CONCLUSION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
APPENDIX: ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AN INTERVIEW
CONDUCTED BY DAVID BODER WITH HELEN TICHAUER
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX