Fiet's vase and other stories of survival, Europe 1939-1945 / Alison Leslie Gold.
Alison Leslie Gold
Book| Title |
A distant shore : the Holocaust and us. |
|---|---|
| Contributors |
Pelt, R. J. van (Robert Jan), 1955- |
| Host Item |
Holocaust Studies 11,1 (2005) 5-26 |
| Description |
In contrast to the bipolar scheme of the Holocaust as signifying either continuity or discontinuity, offers an alternative scheme with elements of both. Notes problematic aspects of historiography, such as overemphasis on epistemology and severing the Holocaust from its historical roots and context (e.g. underemphasizing World War II). Cites the authors' textbook "Holocaust: A History" as an attempt to integrate Jewish and non-Jewish aspects, and to create bridges between the past and present. The choice of Holocaust rescuers to help Jews is seen as one such bridge, an "opening" of history that helps the student to image how he/she would have acted in the past or would act when faced by a similar moral dilemma in the present. Through their testimony, survivors are also seen as bringing the past into the present. Holocaust denial is viewed as an act in the present that attempts to destroy the past, a part of the history of the Jews. Concludes by asking whether or not the Holocaust will be something that we will continue to study, about which we will care deeply, and which will provide a meaningful legacy. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
990004388580705171 |
| Links |
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