Ingall, Marjorie
capitalKyiv, witnessed thekilling of more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children, on September 29 and 30, 1941. The site of one of the largest single massacres perpetrated by occupying German troops against Jews during World War II, Babyn Yar became a symbol of theHolocaustby Bullets...
Museums and streetside memorials pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Embedded into the ground throughout the city are more than 5,000Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stones” — each bearing the name of a person killed by the Nazis. And as in much of Europe, ...
rather than the static interpretations of the Holocaust. Young also identifies problems with other scholarly work about Holocaust memory. In particular, he is concerned with avoiding terms and theories that could limit...
Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe (review) walking tours; vandalized cemeteries are being repaired, and synagogue buildings that had been converted into schools, recreation centers, or warehouses after the Holocaust are being ''restored'' as museums or memorials of Jewish heritage...
AHR Forum Holocaust Memorials: The Emergence of a Genre HAROLD MARCUSE in: American Historical Review, 115(Feb. 2010), 53-89 T HE EVENT WE NOW KNOW as the Holocaust has been widely represented in a variety of media, from autobiographical and scholarly books; to literature, photography, and ...
Holocaust,5 are mirrored by those engaging with memorial sites, either as visitingtourists, or as a part of one's everyday routine (i.e. walking past during one's commute). When considering the political bodies that commission these memorials, it will become evident that these experienced ...