First-Hand Accounts As Historical Evidence: Survivor Testimony

Though the accounts survivors delivered at Adolf Eichmann’s trial powerfully shaped public memory, historians remained wary of using survivor testimony as evidence. However, in some instances—such as the Starachowice factory slave labor camps—survivor testimony is the sole evidence of the atrocities that took place. This talk by Professor Christopher Browning (Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Department of History) was introduced and moderated by Professor Cheryl Bader, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University.