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Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust
Konrad Kwiet, Jürgen Matthäus
Book Code: C7466
ISBN: 0-275-97466-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97466-4
312 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2004
List Price: $105.00 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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
LC Card Number: 2004011899
LCC Class: D804
Dewey Class: 940
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