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I Will Not Be Believed”: Benjamin Tenenbaum and the Representation of the Child Survivor

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Author

Boaz Cohen & Gabriel Finder

Bibliography

Cohen, B., & Finder, G. (2017). “I Will Not Be Believed”: Benjamin Tenenbaum and the Representation of the Child Survivor”. In: J.B. Michlic (Ed.), Jewish Families in Europe 1939- Present: History Representation and Memory. New England University Press,

Abstract

The paper describes the work of of Benjamin Tenenbaum in collecting and publishing early children testimonies in 1945-1947 Poland. Tennebaum was in Poland in the aftermath of the Holocaust and devoted much of his time to working with survivor children and collecting their testimonies.