Between history and psychoanalysis: A case study in the reception of holocaust survivor testimony

History and Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-47

  Trezise, Thomas ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65449126424     PISSN: 0935560X     EISSN: 15271994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ham.0.0002     Document Type: Article

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