Holocaust

The Holocaust was a tragic event that was an attempt to wipe out the Jewish people. Even though Hitler came close to accomplishing his goal, some Jews were still able to survive and tell their story. The authors Primo Levi and Dori Laub are both survivors of the Holocaust that discuss their narrative of the event. Levi views the Holocaust as a unicum, an unprecedented event that does not yet have a language adequate to …

…victims come to a completion. We can refer to the Holocaust as a unicum that created an impossibility and ethical necessity to witness. Laub asserts that the Holocaust is an event that is impossible to witness because of the extermination of both the physical and the psychological evidence. This evidence can be regained through a witness of a witness. By telling the story of what happened, the victim can bring some conclusion to the event.