What is ours to contend with
We are entering the commemorative calendar celebrating the 70 years of the end of the Second World War and the so-called “liberation” of Auschwitz. I have always been struck by the ease with which inadequate or ill-chosen terms are employed regarding such serious questions, passing as elementary tr...
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| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2016
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | We are entering the commemorative calendar celebrating the 70 years of the end of the Second World War and the so-called “liberation” of Auschwitz. I have always been struck by the ease with which inadequate or ill-chosen terms are employed regarding such serious questions, passing as elementary truths. Indeed, even if Soviet soldiers represented liberators in the eyes of the deportees, we know that the camp had been abandoned by the SS before they arrived. I do not wish to once again pick u... |
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