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The Holocaust as reflected in Communist and Post-Communist Romanian textbooks
Author(s): Bărbulescu, Ana; Degeratu, Laura; Guşu, Cosmina
Date: 2013
Topics: Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Holocaust Education, Schools: Non-Jewish, Post-1989, Communism
Abstract: Romanian history textbooks were mostly silent about the Holocaust during the Communist era. The authors reconstructed the different models of remembering the Holocaust that are present in post-Communist Romanian textbooks. The analysis revealed the existence of six different models of recollecting this history. The six models of representing the Holocaust are: (1) The Holocaust is completely absent; (2) Romania as a saviour of Jews; (3) Discrimination without deportations; (4) Deportations to camps for unnamed victims; (5) Deportations without the final solution; and (6) The Romanian Holocaust: discrimination, pogroms and deportations. The analysis focused on Romanian History textbooks published before and after 1989; A qualitative analysis of the textbooks was employed.