Will these glasses help? Holocaust videotestimony and the transfer of intangible heritage
Maclean, Pam 2009, Will these glasses help? Holocaust videotestimony and the transfer of intangible heritage, Historic environment, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 42-47.
An analysis of Erica's videotestimony, presented at the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Melbourne, reveals how audio-visual history can act as a medium for the transfer of cultural heritage, despite claims that the trauma of the Holocaust has destroyed the possibility of any meaningful transmissíon. It is argued that the discussion of personal photographs from before and after the Holocaust forms a key component of the videotestimony and constitutes the primary mechanism for intergenerational transfer of Jewish communal heritage, Transfer is further facilitated by the interviewer whose questioning explicitly encourages Erica to reflect on issues of cultural continuity. Significantly, Erica's answers do not always conform to the interviewer's expectations about Jewish communal and religious identification and this can result in tension between the two. Here too the photographs play an important role in resolving tension between Erica and the interviewer.
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