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This is a 12 page paper discussing the concerns of historical accuracy of the Holocaust narratives. The historical accuracy of Holocaust narratives has always been questioned but regardless of this concern, narratives continue to be collected. The collection of the narratives is considered to be important in not only documenting experiences from the past but benefiting future students in regards to appreciating their lives today and learning from the horrors of history. Holocaust narratives however are extremely subjective and personal and historians have always considered autobiographies to be only one of many sources and cannot be considered independently. One of the reasons for the questioning of their accuracy is the reliance on memory which can be influenced by many factors. These factors include trauma; the overlapping distinction between memory and imagination; the desire to present a moral image which depicts events as “black” or “white”; and the desire to present an account which will honor those from the past and educate those in the future among other influences. These desires may be totally subconscious but exist nevertheless and are powerful.
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is considered to be important in not only documenting experiences from the past but benefiting future students in regards to appreciating their lives today and learning from the horrors of
history. Holocaust narratives however are extremely subjective and personal and historians have always considered autobiographies to be only one of many sources and cannot be considered independently. One of the
reasons for the questioning of their accuracy is the reliance on memory which can be influenced by many factors. These factors include trauma; the overlapping distinction between memory and imagination;
the desire to present a moral image which depicts events as "black" or "white"; and the desire to present an account which will honor those from the past and educate
those in the future among other influences. These desires may be totally subconscious but exist nevertheless and are powerful. The Reason for the Ongoing Collection of Narratives Holocaust survivor Martin
Friedmann explains why not only he felt he had to make a memoir of his experiences during the Holocaust but why it is important to continue collecting narratives despite the
fact that thousands have already been recorded. He explains firstly why he felt compelled to document his own experiences as he writes that "I was writing this book with memories
of all our family, which, in its entirety, lives only in my memory and in memory of those few siblings who managed to survive the hell of Nazism" and also
adds that "I wrote this as an expression of gratitude to those who had sacrificed their lives so that myself and others like me could save our bare lives..." (Friedmann,
2001). For Friedmann (2001), the publication of his narrative is a personal one but he also sees why its important for the continued collection of narratives when one can ask
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