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The Europeanization of Memory at the Jasenovac Memorial Museum
Author(s): Radonić, Ljiljana
Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana; Jozelic, Jasna
Date: 2021
Topics: Holocaust, Memory, Holocaust Commemoration, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Holocaust Memorials, Post-1989
Abstract: Starting from the premise that post-Communist memorial museums dedicated to events that took place during World War II share significant similarities, this chapter will consider a recent aspect of the “Europeanization of memory” since 1989: the universalization and Europeanization of the Holocaust as a negative founding myth for post-1945 Europe in relation to the Holocaust’s difficult place in post-Communist national narratives of “Eastern Europe.” The focus here is on Croatia, and on one post-Communist memorial display in particular—the ultra-modern exhibition at the Jasenovac Memorial Museum, which opened in 2006.
The Political Instrumentalization of a Site of the Holocaust: Contested Memories of the Semlin Camp in Belgrade
Author(s): Byford, Jovan
Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana; Jozelic, Jasna
Date: 2021
Topics: Holocaust, Memory, Holocaust Commemoration, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Abstract: Between 1941 and 1944, approximately 20,000 people perished in the Semlin concentration camp in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the largest concentration camp in occupied Serbia and one of the first Nazi camps in Europe created specifically for the mass internment of Jews. In examining the changing representations of Sajmište over the last two decades, and the politicization of history that this has entailed, a notable streak of continuity is highlighted, namely the marginal role allocated to the Semlin camp as a place of the Holocaust as a form of “half-recognizing” it.
Thrice Plundered: The Politics of Restitution with Regard to the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Author(s): Friedman, Francine
Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana; Jozelic, Jasna
Date: 2021
Topics: Holocaust, Main Topic: Other, Memory, Restitution and Reparations, Communism
Abstract: The chapter deals specifically with a political attempt at history’s erasure. As detailed throughout the anthology, the manipulation and often willful misinterpretation of history in order to benefit one group while belittling the suffering of another group by changing the record of, or even denying, their experience has led to distrust among the groups involved, no less today than previously. The appropriation of private and communal property of a powerless or minority group by a country’s dominant group through manipulation of the historical record, treated here through a case study of the theft over many decades of the Bosnian Jewish community’s property, is, thus, a clear example of the politicization of history.