Critical Writing Index

Witnessing Video Testimony:: An Interview with Geoffrey Hartman

by Hartman Geoffrey H and Ballangee Jennifer

The Yale Journal of Criticism, Spring 2001, v. 14, no. 1, pp. 217-232

An interview with Geoffrey Hartman, co-founder of Yale University's Fortunoff Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Hartman believes in the power of having an oral history, recorded as video-testimony. Witness testimonies achieve a fuller realization of an event, preserving the specificity and humanity of each account.

ITEM 2001.131 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Geoffrey Hartman