Language:
French
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
À l'Est, la mémoire retrouvée
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1990) 535-566
Keywords:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
;
Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka History
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Museums
Abstract:
Describes in detail the Auschwitz museum (established in 1947 and repeatedly augmented) in order to discuss the basic conception of the organizers. Asserts that the museum, located on the site of the Auschwitz I concentration camp (neglecting the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp), was conceived from a patriotic and propagandistic, anti-fascist perspective and was mostly dedicated to the martyrdom of the Polish and other nations. Every state represented in the national pavilions organized its own exposition, except for the Jewish one, which was done by the Polish state in 1968. Concludes that the present conception of the museum led to the occultation of the real image of the Holocaust, lacks a Jewish perspective, and avoids the delicate issue of Polish-Jewish relations by incorporating the Polish Jews among the Polish victims. Notes that in recent years a Catholic mark on the museum is perceptible. Mentions that Polish authorities recently expressed the intention to rethink the entire conception of the museum.
Note:
Appeared as "Le musée d’Auschwitz" in "Le Monde Juif" 138 (April-June 1990) 63-83.
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink