Writing the Holocaust: Identity, Testimony, Representation (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Zoë Vania Waxman

Author:Zoë Vania Waxman [Zoë Vania Waxman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2008-09-03T00:13:00+00:00

I knew the role of the survivor was to testify. Only I did not know how. I lacked experience. I lacked a framework. I mistrusted the tools, the procedures. Should one say it all or hold it all back? Should one shout or whisper? Place the emphasis on those who were gone or on their heirs? How does one describe the indescribable? How does one use restraint in re-creating the fall of mankind and the eclipse of the Gods? And then, how can one be sure that the words, once uttered, will not betray, distort the message they bear? So heavy was my anguish that I made a vow: not to speak, not to touch upon the essential for at least ten years. Long enough to see clearly. Long enough to learn to listen to the voices crying inside my own. Long enough to unite the language of man with the silence of the dead.91

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