At the Crossroads of Life and Death: The Migration of Memories in Holocaust-era France from the Past to the Present. A Tribute to Holocaust Survivor Annette Muller
The overarching objective of this project is to explore the various nuances of the theme of migration during Holocaust-era France. More specifically, this project aims to investigate the connection between physical migration and the migration of memories. Railways and crossroads, both physical and metaphorical, will serve as a guiding principle in the undertaking of this research project, given their pertinence to migration and deep-rooted entanglement with the dark realities of the Holocaust. The specific objectives of the proposed project are three-fold. Using virtual audiovisual survivor testimonies provided by the family of Annette Muller, and autobiographical survivor memoirs, including Annette Muller’s La Petite Fille du Vel d’Hiv, this project seeks to analyze the various routes of physical migration of Jews deported from France during the Holocaust, the migration of memories accompanying these deportations, and the restitchingof memories in the post-war era.
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