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Online-Ressource (369 p)
ISBN:
9780415601054
Series Statement:
Routledge Jewish Studies Series
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An exploration of the development of Holocaust research in Israel, this book ranges from the consolidation of Holocaust research as an academic subject in the late 1940s to the establishment of Yad Vashem and beyond.Research on the story of historiography is often a work on books, on the "final products" that fill academic bookshelves yet, in Israeli Holocaust Research, Boaz Cohen illustrates that the evolution of holocaust research in Israel has a more human element to it. Drawing on knowledge gained through seven years of work in ten major archives in Israel, the author reveals a previously
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Cover; Israeli Holocaust Research: Birth and Evolution; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The emergence of Holocaust research: Background and context; 1 "Our Holocaust": The public context of Holocaust research; Holocaust commemoration in the pre-state era and the foundation of the "first" Yad Vashem; The Holocaust in the life of the emerging Israeli state; Holocaust memory and the Knesset (Israeli parliament); The Holocaust in the courtroom; Relations with Germany: reparations, weapons, recognition; Holocaust commemoration
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The Holocaust in literature and the theaterHolocaust survivors in Israeli society; Conclusions; Part II Forces influencing early Holocaust research; 2 Holocaust survivors and Holocaust research; Historical commissions and documentation centers; The cultural background of the historical documentation work; 3 Yad Vashem as a Zionist research institute: The vision of Ben-Zion Dinur; The exile, the Holocaust and the Encyclopedia of Communities; "The principal mission of 'Yad Vashem' is Holocaust research"; The Holocaust in Dinur's worldview; 4 The Claims Conference and Yad Vashem
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Part III The formative years of Holocaust research5 Searching for modes of research and teaching; The international conference on Holocaust and Martyrdom in Our Time 1947; The aspiration for the centrality of Yad Vashem and Eretz Israel; The complex murder of the Jews; The public response to the conference and proposals for Holocaust teaching at the Hebrew University; 6 First efforts to institutionalize research and teaching; How should the Holocaust be researched?; Holocaust research as a response to existential questions; Criticism of the poor state of Holocaust writing
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The call for research on Jewish aspects of the HolocaustThe agenda of Holocaust research in the eyes of the generation: (a) The Jewish people; The agenda of Holocaust research in the eyes of the generation: (b) Gentiles - perpetrators and bystanders; Attempts at research at the Ghetto Fighters' House; 7 The research department at Yad Vashem; Staffing and organization; Issues and debates; 8 Infrastructure for research: Agreements and disagreements; The agreement with the Israeli Historical Society
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The establishment of the Institute for the Study of the Destruction of European Jewry and its History in Recent GenerationsInitial discussions and the agreement with the Hebrew University; 9 The beginning of university teaching; Lobbying for university teaching; The Chair of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University; Holocaust instruction at the Hebrew University; Conclusion: The birth pangs of Israeli Holocaust research; 10 The battle for Yad Vashem and Holocaust research: A four-scene drama; Scene one: research or commemoration?; Between scholarly debate and personal strife
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Battling for public support
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136218835
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415601054
Additional Edition:
Print version Israeli Holocaust Research : Birth and Evolution
Language:
English
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