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Holocaust Memorials in Central and Eastern Europe: Communist Legacies, Transnational Influences and National Developments

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The article analyses selected Holocaust memorials in several Central and East
European countries. Using the approaches of historical and visual sociology, it
identifies processes and agents that shaped the present-day memorials during
communism and after. These were: commemoration by Jews; memorialization,
marginalization, suppression and the obliteration of Jewish victimhood by the
communist authorities; making minor or substantial changes to the existing
monuments after communism and developing them; and creating new Holocaust
memorials both public and private, and by domestic and foreign agents. The article
concludes that the Holocaust memorials in the region are primarily a result of
legacies of communist times. They were also shaped by transnational influences.
By and large they are national developments.

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5

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160-184

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Link to pdf of entire issue, Remembrance and Solidarity Studies in 20th Century European History. Issue number 5. Holocaust/Shoah

Bibliographic Information

Kucia, Marek Holocaust Memorials in Central and Eastern Europe: Communist Legacies, Transnational Influences and National Developments. Remembrance and Solidarity Studies in 20th Century European History. 2016: 160-184.  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-1221