Recreating Postmemory? Children of Holocaust Survivors and the Journey to Auschwitz

For those whose access to the Holocaust is purely through its post-factum representations, visiting associated sites in Europe is a way of bridging this postmemory with reality. The contemporary experience of Holocaust sites by post-Holocaust generations provides a practical dimension to their perception of the Holocaust, sometimes even evoking a sense of witnessing the Holocaust itself. Consequently, for children of Holocaust survivors, these trips can provide a tool for bypassing the process of secondary witnessing and attempting to become a primary witness of the Holocaust