Looking At, Looking Away: The Testimonial Agency of Holocaust Photography | POLIN Museum

Conference session „Looking At, Looking Away: The Testimonial Agency of Holocaust Photography”

Chair/Respondent: Antony Polonsky

Speakers:

Dorota Glowacka, "(Re)framing Gender: Representations of Female Bodies in Holocaust Photographs"

Valerie Hébert, "Silent Witnesses: The Šķēde Execution Photographs"

Wendy Lower and John K. Roth, "Holocaust Atrocity Photography as Testimony and Resistance"

The session was part of the international online conference "What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies" (October 3 -7, 2021).

The conference was organized within the Global Education Outreach Program

The conference was supported by Taube Philanthropies, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland

Co-financed from the "Excellent Science" program of the Minister of Education and Science

The conference was made possible thanks to the support of the European Association for Jewish Studies

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