Abstract
<jats:p>The article explores the history of the development of Holocaust remembrance culture. It analyzes the existing historiographical scholarship on the subject as well as the sources that expend our understanding of trauma, distortion, and the transformations that occur in memory over time, and are reflected in the testimonies of survivors. The analysis of the sources reveals a certain dynamic that has taken place with the development of research, as well as with the distance from the events of the Holocaust. According to the results of the study, it turned out that the history of collecting and recording sources about the Holocaust has largely been explored outside the broader context of remembrance culture. The analysis conducted using the example of the so-called Scrolls of Ashes demonstrates the necessity of a distinct methodological approach in working with testimonies, particularly those of traumatic origin. The focus is placed primarily on Western historiography (with an emphasis on the dynamics in Israel and the United States of America) given that Holocaust studies developed earlier abroad than in the Soviet Union. Therefore, foreign historiography has great informational potential. The work draws on the testimonies of Holocaust survivors -F. Friedman, E. Wiesel, and P. Levy - as well as a collection of essays by renowned Soviet writers, "The Black Book," included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, "The Diary of Anne Frank," and the Oneg Shabbat archival collection. Materials from the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals, which the Soviet prosecution relied on during the trial, are also included. The study points to the need to consult parallel evidence and sources in order to comprehensively study and obtain the most complete picture of what happened.</jats:p>