A novel approach to mapping place using a Holocaust survivor testimony

In this article, we propose a representational model to map the platial elements of the recorded testimony of one Jewish survivor of the Holocaust in Italy. The starting point for the design of the representational model is a definition of place as constituted by the triad of location, locale, and sense of place. The model allows for the comparison of testimonies and narratives of the Holocaust or other genocides from potentially any number of survivors, at various geographic scales of analysis, and organized chronologically. The model could be applied to place-based historical narratives on a number of topics, as long as they are similarly structured chronologically and geographically.