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1 Oral Histories of Hidden Children in Denmark during the Holocaust: Narratives, Identity and Trauma Sofie Lene Bak Copenhagen University

2 Methodological reflections Patterns Limitations of the written sources Why are the sources silent? – Silence as a social phenomenon – Conspiracies of silence

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4 Memory and Identity Memories are an attempt to create meaning and coherence in our lives. We construct our identity by telling stories about our lives. An interaction - memory narratives constructs identity - just as our identity affects our memory. Who we think we are now and what we want to become affects what we think we have been (Alastair Thomson)

5 WW2 materials at The Danish Jewish Museum http://jewmus.dk/en/research/wartime-experiences/collected-materials/

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