After Eichmann: Collective Memory and Holocaust Since 1961

by Cesarani,David; Cesarani,David

• ISBN13: 9780415360159
• ISBN10: 0415360153
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How has collective memory shaped historical interpretations of the Holocaust? This volume brings together contributions from across Europe focusing on the shifting perceptions of Nazi exterminations. Focusing on the period after the trial and execution of Adolf Eichmann, leading scholars in the field of Holocaust history consider the impact of politics and social change on interpretations of one of human history's darkest chapters. This book was previously published as a special issue of theJournal of Israeli History.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Before the Eichmann trial	p. 1
The Eichmann trial and its impact	p. 3
After Eichmann	p. 7
The Eichmann Trial: Changing perspectives	p. 18
Politics and Memory in West and East Germany since 1961 and in Unified Germany since 1990	p. 40
Between Collective Memory and Manipulation: The Holocaust, Wagner and the Israelis	p. 65
Holocaust Controversies in the 1990s: The Revenge of History or the History of Revenge?	p. 78
The Impact of the "Eichmann Event" in Italy, 1961	p. 91
The Representation of the Holocaust in the Arab World	p. 100
Justification of the Holocaust	p. 101
Denial	p. 104
Alleged Zionist-Nazi collaboration	p. 108
The new approach	p. 111
Too Little, Too Late? Reflections on Britain's Holocaust Memorial Day	p. 116
Memory contexts	p. 116
The memory of survivors	p. 121
Survivors and British immigration policy	p. 124
Nativization and Nationalization: A Comparative Landscape Study of Holocaust Museums in Israel, the US and the UK	p. 130
Siting the Holocaust	p. 131
Journeying through the Holocaust	p. 136
Nativization and nationalization	p. 143
The Depiction of the Holocaust at the Imperial War Museum since 1961	p. 146
Looking into the Mirrors of Evil	p. 157
Index	p. 167
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