Title: How my grandmother told the Holocaust
Author: Marc Allemann
Publisher: SRF4News (Swiss national news radio)

The Zeitblende is an on-air programme and podcast which runs every two weeks on SRF 4 News (Swiss national news radio). It is also published as a podcast. The programme focuses on historical events.

“How my grandmother told the Holocaust” was published just before the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In it I reconstruct the story of my grandmother Mala Pfeffer, who lost almost all her family in Auschwitz and survived four concentration camps together with her husband. After the war she told her children and grandchildren stories with happy endings about her experiences during the Holocaust. With the help of a video testimonial she left behind and assisted by my mother and a Holocaust expert, I try to find out why Mala Pfeffer avoided retelling some parts of her story and why some of her anecdotes changed over time. 

This radio feature takes a very personal approach to one of the most important historical events in recent history. It asks questions about how we remember and retell the Holocaust after the witnesses have died.

Full script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtpm0bq0jct8143/How%20my%20grandmother%20told%20the%20Holocaust.pdf?dl=0

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