Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust

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Konrad Kwiet, Jürgen Matthäus

ISBN: 0-275-97466-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97466-4

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312 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 11/30/2004

List Price: $105.00 (UK Sterling Price: £72.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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History » Holocaust Studies
History » World War II

Series Title: Praeger Series on Jewish and Israeli Studies

Description: The murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust is a crime that has had a lasting and massive impact on our time. Despite the immense, ever-increasing body of Holocaust literature and representation, no single interpretation can provide definitive answers. Shaped by different historical experiences, political and national interests, our approximations of the Holocaust remain elusive. Holocaust responses—past, present, and future—reflect our changing understanding of history and the shifting landscapes of memory. This book takes stock of the attempts within and across nations to come to terms with the murders.

Volume editors establish the thematic and conceptual framework within which the various Holocaust responses are being analyzed. Specific chapters cover responses in Germany and in Eastern Europe; the Holocaust industry; Jewish ultra-Orthodox reflections; and the Jewish intellectuals' search for a new Jewish identity. Experts comment upon the changes in Christian-Jewish relations since the Holocaust; the issue of restitution; and post-1945 responses to genocide. Other topics include Holocaust education, Holocaust films, and the national memorial landscapes in Germany, Poland, Israel, and the United States.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Konrad Kweit and Jurgen Matthaus
Consensus and Confrontation
Contemporary Research on the Holocaust by Yehuda Bauer
Contemporary Responses to the Shoah in Germany and Eastern Europe by Dieter Pohl
'The Holocaust Industry'? Reflections on a History of the Critique of Holocaust Representation by Tim Cole
Beliefs and Identity
Changes in Christian-Jewish Relations since the Holocaust by John S. Conway
Ultra-Orthodox Reflections on the Shoah: 1945 to the Present by Gershon Greenberg
A "Third Partner" of World Jewry? The Role of the Memory of the Shoah in the Search for a New Present-day European Identity by Dan Michman
Undoing the Past
The State of the Holocaust Denial by Danny Ben-Moshe
Justice Betrayed: Post-1945 Responses to Genocide by Mark Aarons
Paying for the Past: Germany and the Jewish World by Ron Zweig
Education, Media and Memory
The Holocaust: Representing Lasting Images in Film and Literature by Frank Stern
Teaching the Holocaust Today by Sophie Gelski and Jenny Wajsenberg
Holocaust Museums in Germany, Poland, Israel and the USA by James E. Young
About the Editors and Contributors

About the Author: KONRAD KWIET is Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies and Roth Lecturer in Holocaust Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is also Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

JÜRGEN MATTHÄUS works as an historian at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies in Washington DC.

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