MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Jun 20, 2024
The Era of the Witness

In this meeting, we will collectively view excerpts from an oral history interview recorded on VHS with Holocaust survivor Hela Olszynko (Niedviecki) in Montreal, on 9 September, 1998. We will then discuss the recording in relation to a body of scholarship that has critiqued the “Hollywoodization” of memory while advocating for an approach to life history interviewing that treats the survivors of mass violence as whole people.

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Address
Boltzmannstr. 16, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
B16 Seminar Room
Contact and Registration

To register, please email jolszynko@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Places are limited due to the construction works.

About This Series

This event is part of the
Laboratory for Oral History and Experimental Media Spring 2024 series. 

This new series of monthly institute-wide meetings begins a collective exploration of the theory and practice of oral history and ethnography as powerful, multimodal research methods for recovering perspectives and experiences that are often absent from traditional archives. Together, we will engage with diverse forms of research and communication across a range of media and visit local sites of interest.

Event Series Poster
LOHEM_Poster_Summer2024Series.pdf
2024-06-20T14:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2024-06-20 14:00:00 2024-06-20 16:00:00 The Era of the Witness In this meeting, we will collectively view excerpts from an oral history interview recorded on VHS with Holocaust survivor Hela Olszynko (Niedviecki) in Montreal, on 9 September, 1998. We will then discuss the recording in relation to a body of scholarship that has critiqued the “Hollywoodization” of memory while advocating for an approach to life history interviewing that treats the survivors of mass violence as whole people. Boltzmannstr. 16, 14195 Berlin, Germany B16 Seminar Room Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Europe/Berlin public