Holocaust in History and Life Writing. An analysis of the parallels between historical resources and life writing and the use of historical symbols and knowledge in the life writing novels or memoirs "Maus and Night".

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, language: English, abstract: “Again the Holocaust?!...” is the answer, a lot of pupils ask when the topic is brought up in school. This might derive from the way the holocaust is taught: mainly fact based without personal encounter of survivors or person...