Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
13 (1999) 94-116
Keywords:
Jews History 1945-
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Jews
;
Jews
;
Jews
;
Holocaust Remembrance Day
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
Abstract:
Attendance at Yom Hashoah commemorations in Melbourne declined after 1963, but increased from the 1980s. This tendency reflects the fact that in the immediate postwar decades the ceremonies were attended mainly by Holocaust survivors, most of whom had settled in Melbourne in the postwar years; in the 1980s-90s, with the increased centrality of the Holocaust in Australian Jewish consciousness, they have been attended by younger people. In Sydney and Perth, the Yom Hashoah ceremonies have attracted smaller audiences than in Melbourne. In order to attract the postwar generation, and to turn it into an event for the whole community, the organizers have changed the format of the ceremony: e.g. its main language is English instead of Yiddish; elements of drama, music, and declamation have been added; members of the Jewish wartime resistance participate in the ceremonies. Other commemoration activities, like exhibitions or Holocaust Awareness Week, are also held in Australia.
Note:
Another version appeared in the "Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal" 15 (1999).
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