Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, 1945-2000 : German strategies and Jewish responses / edited by Dan Michman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikhman, Dan, 1947-

Series:

Studies in modern European history ; v. 48.

Studies in modern European history ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Public opinion.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion.

Public opinion.

Memory--Social aspects--Germany.

Memory.

Jews--Germany--History--1945-1990.

Jews.

Holocaust survivors.

Memory--Social aspects.

Germany.

History.

Holocaust survivors--Germany.

Germany--History--1933-1945--Historiography.

Historiography.

Public opinion--Germany.

Physical Description:

vi, 172 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Fifty Years of Debating in Germany

The Holocaust and the Competition of Memories in Germany, 1945-1999 / Jeffrey Herf 9

Divided Memory? Expressions of a United German Memory / Gilad Margalit 31

The Uncanny Clatter: The Holocaust in Germany before Its Mass Commemoration / Y. Michal Bodemann 43

Memory and Amnesia: A Comment on the Lectures by Gilad Margalit and Michal Bodemann / Inge Marszolek 55

Border-crossings: Some Reflections on the Role of German Historians in Recent Public Debates on Nazi History / Chris Lorenz 59

The Irreconcilability of an Event: Integrating the Holocaust into the Narrative of the Century / Dan Diner 95

Part II Jewish Perceptions

The Changing Role of the Holocaust in the German-Jewish Public Voice / Michael Brenner 111

Constantly Disturbing the German Conscience: The Impact of American Jewry / Shlomo Shafir 121

Ambivalent Cooperation: The German-Israeli Joint Committee on Schoolbooks / Yehuda Ben-Avner 143

The Vague Echoes of German Discourse in Israel / Yfaat Weiss 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082045804X

OCLC:

48056984