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The relationship between history and memory is complex and intertwined, as seen in Mark Baker’s work The Fiftieth Gate and Jerry Fowler’s interview with Elie Wiesel, where they explore the dependability and accuracy of memory in history.
Baker’s exploration of his parents’ past shows that both history and memory have their flaws. While history is used to confirm experiences, it is also characterised as cold and lacking emotion. On the other hand, memory is depicted as indistinct and evasive, with Baker favouring the exactness of history. However, the traumatic nature of events like the Holocaust has a lasting impact on survivors, and sensory imagery is used to present memories as fact and to show the force of individual experiences.
Similarly, in Memory and Witness, Wiesel asserts the importance of “bearing witness” and telling the truth. He highlights the human tendency to “lower the truth to comfort” and the destructive nature of fictitious remembrance. He also emphasises the responsibility we have to humanise history and humanity through memory.
Through both individual experiences and recorded evidence, history and memory are essential to preserving the past. However, the relationship between them is not always positive, and the lasting impact … ...Read the rest.
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