The Witness as Object

Today more than ever before, the historical witness is now a “museum object” in the form of video interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance. Such video testimonies now not only are part of the collections and research activities of museums, but become deeply intertwined...

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Autor Principal: de Jong, Steffi
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Idioma:inglés
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The Holocaust
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