Concentration, Isolation

Authors

  • Richard Carter-White Macquarie University

Keywords:

witness testimony, concentration camp, isolation, trauma, violence, memory

Abstract

This Thinking Space piece reflects on the multiple manifestations of isolation in concentration camp survivor testimonies, and the dynamic relationship between 'isolation' and 'concentration' that can be identified therein.

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Published

2020-12-23

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Thinking Space

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