Remembering the dead by affecting the living: The case of a miniature model of Treblinka

Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 39-52

  Witcomb, Andrea ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84917410146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203523018     Document Type: Chapter

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