Trauma and Testimony: Reflections on Holocaust Memory in an Oversharing American Society

Date: Mar 24, 2019

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Location: Greater Washington, DC

Category: JTS in Your Community Public Lectures & Events

Trauma and Testimony: Reflections on Holocaust Memory in an Oversharing American Society  

with Dr. Edna Friedberg, JTS Fellow and Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sunday, March 24, 2019, 1:00 p.m.

Beth Sholom Congregation
1011 North Market Street, Frederick, MD
301-663-3437

When did we start to think of Holocaust survivors as people with something to teach us? Why do we assume that pain yields wisdom or moral clarity? Join JTS Fellow Dr. Edna Friedberg for an exploration of the history of survivor testimony in the public eye and the media.