Expanding Holocaust Cartography
Memory Maps as Testimonies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6427564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandra Szczepan (0000-0001-9317-4058, University of Potsdam), Eliyana R Adler (0000-0002-2746-4994, Binghamton University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-182 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holocaust and Genocide Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7937 • E-ISSN: 8756-6583 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hgs/dcaf022 |
| OpenAlex | W4415054586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article posits that maps are awkward and underutilized documents in Holocaust studies. Although maps serve many testimonial purposes, researchers have often viewed them as peripheral documents, especially when compared to written and spoken testimonies. By centering the maps of victims of the Treblinka death camp and the hand-drawn maps appearing in postwar memorial books, the authors draw attention to maps’ ambiguous standing as archival sources, as well as the unique histories they communicate. This article critically analyzes maps to show how they reveal the geography of the genocide, as well as the integration of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |