Language:
English
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
History and Memory; Studies in Representation of the Past
Angaben zur Quelle:
5,1 (1993) 87-129
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Holocaust denial
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
Abstract:
Discusses moral, philosophical, and historical issues concerning the difficult relationship between survivors' thoughts on the experience and phenomenon of Auschwitz (e.g. Primo Levi, Jean Amery, Celan's poetry) and those of the intellectual and academic community, especially the representation and meaning of the Holocaust in Germany, the USA, and Israel. Considers that the German "historians' debate" had a major impact on the discourse on history, memory, and identity in Germany, as well as on the historical reevaluation of Nazism. New German studies on the Third Reich consistently ignore the industrialized mass murder. Examines the present tendencies and changes in commemoration and perception of the Holocaust in Israeli society. Emphasizes the importance of confronting Holocaust denial. Concludes that the Holocaust is part of a general, not only Jewish, European history.
Note:
A review of eight books on the subject.
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Appeared also in his "Murder in Our Midst" (1996).
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
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