Holocaust Memorials in Central and Eastern Europe: Communist Legacies, Transnational Influences and National Developments
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Abstract
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.
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.
Topics
Holocaust Commemoration Holocaust Memorials Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial Post-1989 Communism Memorial
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Poland Central Europe Eastern Europe Former Soviet Union (FSU) Hungary Lithuania Slovakia Romania Ukraine Russia Czech Republic
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5
Page Number / Article Number
160-184
Link
Link to pdf of entire issue, Remembrance and Solidarity Studies in 20th Century European History. Issue number 5. Holocaust/Shoah
Bibliographic Information
Holocaust Memorials in Central and Eastern Europe: Communist Legacies, Transnational Influences and National Developments. 2016: 160-184. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-1221
