What is Memoir? 
   • a record of events written by a 
    person having intimate knowledge 
    of them and based on personal 
    observation
    Examples of Famous 
       Memoirs 
                                  Memoir vs 
                           Autobiography
                    Memoir                                    Autobiography
         •   Centralized around a                     •   Detailed story of the 
             particular section of that                   author’s entire life
             author’s life
                        Memoir vs Personal 
                                      Narrative
                    Memoir                                Personal Narrative
         •   A large text Centralized                 •   A shorter text centralized 
             around a particular                          around a particular 
             section of that author’s                     event in that author’s 
             life                                         life
       Discuss with your 
            group:
    How could memoir address the 
    events of the Holocaust in a way that 
    other texts could not? (examples of 
    other texts: textbooks, 
    documentaries, interviews, speeches, 
    autobiography, biography, personal 
    narrative, poetry, song, novel)