Vier Grundtypen von Zeugenschaft

An erudite, yet accessible cultural essay, reconstructing historical and cultural varieties of testimonies, which led to the emergence of various kinds of witness figures and types of testimonies. By introducing this order, it is easier to see and understand the specificity of oral history – both the “normal” and the “Holocaust” one – against the backdrop of court witness and religious testimonies. Assmann’s text lends itself to being read in a variety of ways – including as a culturological source study. Translation after: A. Assmann, “Vier Grundtypen von Zeugenschaft”, [in:] Im Auftrag der Fritz Bauer Instituts, Zeugenschaft des Holocaust Zwischen Trauma, Tradierung und Ermittlung, ed. G. Kossler, Frankfurt 2007, p. 33–51. The permission to publish the translated version of the article has been granted by the author. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. (editor’s note).

Abstract licence: CC BY-SA

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