Language:
Russian
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Голокост i сучаснiсть
Angaben zur Quelle:
2 〈4〉 (2008) 9-28
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Study and teaching
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Summarizes results of a survey conducted in Ukraine among young people born in 1983-89. The survey consisted of writing an essay on the Holocaust or participation in focus-groups. In the sample of those who wrote an essay there were 74 people from Lvov, 74 from Poltava, and 89 from Kharkov. The method of critical discourse analysis was applied to the essays. The analysis showed some differences in the discourses in various regions. The respondents in Western Ukraine (Lvov) preferred anti-racist, interpretational, and neutralist discourses, and only 5.4% resorted to antisemitic discourse. The respondents in Central Ukraine (Poltava) and Eastern Ukraine (Kharkov) preferred anti-racist, interpretational, and antisemitic discourses. 10.8% of Lvov respondents resorted to regional discourse, which was almost absent in the essays in Poltava and Kharkov. This means that the young in Central and Eastern Ukraine do not regard the Holocaust as an event that is relevant for Ukraine. The focus-groups showed that most of the participants received basic knowledge of the Holocaust from their school lessons.
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With an English summary.
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