Language:
German
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Impulse für Europa
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2008) 481-492
Keywords:
Jews Historiography
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Discusses Holocaust memory in Moldova since 1989. The early 1990s witnessed a revival of official Jewish life and a surge of antisemitism, but the coming to power of the Communist party in 2001 strengthened national minorities and Holocaust commemoration. However, the government has had problems coping with the massive Jewish heritage of Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Transnistria, and even more with anchoring the memory of the Holocaust in public awareness. Textbooks used in Holocaust education in Moldovan schools show that Holocaust memory is being instrumentalized by the communist regime and intellectuals in arguments between them concerning national identity. Historians and linguists want to base Moldovan identity on Romanian roots, while the government wants to establish a separate, Moldovan identity. These arguments are part of the struggle over Moldova's political orientation.
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