Byford, Jovan
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2979/HIS.2010.22.1.5 |
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Abstract
The article examines the assertion found in post–World War II Yugoslav historiography, that a mobile gas van was deployed in Nazi-occupied Serbia not just at the Semlin Judenlager in Belgrade but also at another camp in the city, Banjica. This claim is based on a small number of contradictory testimonies, mainly from survivors, which were collected by local institutions after the war. How can we explain the presence of this by all accounts erroneous claim in the testimonies of survivors? Why and how was it incorporated into the camp's history in spite of the glaring inconsistencies and the absence of corroborating evidence? The article argues that individual memories of the gas van encountered in the testimonies, and their subsequent assimilation into the historical memory of the war, are both products of the same dynamic, namely the socially mediated and institutionally embedded nature of 'witnessing.�
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Indiana University Press |
| ISSN: | 0935-560X |
| Funders: | British Academy (SG-45101, 2007�2008) |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Social Sciences > Psychology in the Social Sciences |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) |
| Item ID: | 20816 |
| Depositing User: | Jovan Byford |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2010 16:41 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2013 22:41 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/20816 |
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