Memoirs in Miniature: CM/1 Forms and Fragmentary Understandings of the Holocaust

This article examines the Care and Maintenance (CM/1) form of Paula Bettauer for what it reveals about her memories of surviving the Holocaust and her husband’s murder in Auschwitz. The record includes a personal narrative, chronologies of her employment status and vital documents, as well as other...

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Published inHumanities (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 22
Main Author Weston, Nathaniel Parker
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2021
Subjects
Annexation
Antisemitism
Archives & records
Autobiographies
Bettauer, Hugo (1872-1925)
Care and Maintenance (CM/1) forms
Concentration camps
Deportation
Displaced persons
Documents
Government forms and paperwork
Holocaust
Holocaust survivors
Jewish people
Murders & murder attempts
Nazi era
Nazi Vienna
Postwar history
survivor memoirs
U Boot
World War II
Austria
Germany
Germany-pre-1945
Vienna Austria
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Summary:This article examines the Care and Maintenance (CM/1) form of Paula Bettauer for what it reveals about her memories of surviving the Holocaust and her husband’s murder in Auschwitz. The record includes a personal narrative, chronologies of her employment status and vital documents, as well as other details, all of which offer a view of navigating Vienna following the Nazi annexation and later deportation of the vast majority of the city’s Jewish population. This article reports on these crucial pieces of information and analyzes various blank spaces in comprehending the Holocaust through an individual’s postwar memories.
ISSN:2076-0787
2076-0787
DOI:10.3390/h10010022