Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Studi, Fatti, Ricerche
Angaben zur Quelle:
54 (1991) 3-6
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1945-
;
History
;
Judaism Relations 1945-
;
Christianity
Abstract:
A paper delivered at a conference in Milano, April 1991. Discusses the functions of memory in the Jewish tradition, and the difficulty of dealing with the memory of the Holocaust as a singular historical event with neither meaning nor explication. Calls for historicization of the memory of the Holocaust, without emotional aspects which could harm Jewish-Christian relations. Refers to the rejection by non-Jews of personal and collective responsibility for the extermination, as expressed by historical revisionism, and recent attempts to over-emphasize the aid given to Jews as opposed to responsibility for the crimes committed. Outlines the responsibility of the Church: the "teaching of contempt" and recent positions concerning the Carmelite convent at Auschwitz, the beatification of Edith Stein and support for Kurt Waldheim.
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