Friedlander, Saul. “History, Memory, and the Historian: Dilemmas and Responsibilities.” New German Critique 80 (2000): 3-15. JSTOR. Web. 17 Nov. 2009.
In Saul Friedlander’s “History, Memory and the Historian: Dilemmas and Responsibilities,” Friedlander discusses two dominant approaches to history. The first relies on empirical data, rituals, and a ““rational” understanding of others,” while the other acknowledges that the extermination of millions of innocent Jews can only be realized through the “mythic memory” of the victims (Friedlander 11). I plan on drawing on his article to help emphasize the importance of a less conclusive approach to history. One that allows for emotion, and a recognition of the imperfection of empirical history.
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