Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
The Palgrave Handbook of Britain and the Holocaust
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2020) 219-240
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Historiography
Abstract:
The purpose of this chapter is to address the ways in which selective readings of Holocaust history have informed both Holocaust memorialisations in the UK and how the British Empire is represented and remembered. While an awareness of the Holocaust in the UK has been raised, there is a tendency in the UK to emphasise the perpetration of violence by others while occluding Britain’s historical role in extreme violence. This chapter argues that the explorations of the Holocaust need to be accompanied—not replaced—by greater examination and self-reflection related to British history and violence. There has long been a prevalent view of the British Empire, which tends to adhere to the longstanding view that the empire was fundamentally benevolent and was beneficial to both the ‘colonisers’ and the ‘colonised’; this approach needs to be challenged and the violent legacies of empire acknowledged.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-55932-8_11
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