This comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the global impact and legacy of the Holocaust considers politics, law, art and culture, covering not just Europe but also North America and Israel. Contributions from leading historians demonstrate the enduring significance of the Holocaust, from the postwar period to the present day.
The aftermath of the Holocaust has been long and wide-reaching. Any act of mass murder and genocide leaves powerful traces: the trauma of the survivors, the challenge of punishment for the perpetrators and justice for the victims, the questions of how to properly commemorate and memorialize the loss and how to rebuild and restore. This is all the more true for the Holocaust, which has come to serve as a global cultural touchstone for evaluating mass violence. The legacy of the Holocaust has impacted every area of political and cultural life in many different countries since 1945. What is the state of aftermath studies for the Holocaust? How do we periodize the post-Holocaust landscape? Where are there continuities and where are there changes? How, when and where has the Holocaust been globalized? In what areas did the Holocaust generate a fundamental rethinking of human relations and state institutions? And where did it not? This volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust around the world and demonstrates its enduring significance, from the postwar period to the present day.
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Provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, global account of the aftermath and legacy of the Holocaust in politics, law, and culture.
General editor's introduction Mark Roseman; Introduction to volume IV
Laura Jockusch and Devin O. Pendas; Part I. History:
1. Liberation,
displacement and homecoming in the aftermath of the holocaust Kata Bohus and
Atina Grossmann;
2. In each and every generation: survivors and their
descendants David Slucki;
3. 'Forgotten victims' and the federal republic of
Germany Henning Tümmers;
4. Testimony as a response to mass atrocity: 1940s
to the present Zoė Waxman;
5. Perpetrators on trial: the transnational
history of holocaust trials Devin O. Pendas;
6. The plunder and the
restoration of art and cultural property Jonathan Petropolous;
7. Restitution
and reparations Regula Ludi;
8. Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism Jeffrey
Herf; Part II. Geography:
9. Germany and the holocaust Herold Marcuse;
10.
Israel and the holocaust: History, Memory and Identity Laura Jockusch and
Avinoam J. Patt;
11. The holocaust in eastern european memory and politics
after the cold war Joanna B. Michlic and Per A. Rudling;
12. The
Americanization of the holocaust Hasia R. Diner; Part III. Culture and ideas:
13. The holocaust and social thought Enzo Traverso;
14. The holocaust and the
challenges of representation Michael Rothberg;
15. In search of global
justice: holocaust, genocide, law James Loeffler;
16. Theological responses
to the holocaust Michael L. Morgan;
17. Holocaust and digital humanities todd
Samuel Presner; Part IV. Culture and Fields:
18. Holocaust commemoration and
memorials Natasha Goldman;
19. Holocaust museums stefanie Shosh Rotem;
20.
The holocaust and the medical professions Ulf Schmidt;
21. Holocaust
literature David G. Roskies;
22. The holocaust and the visual arts:
perplexity, meanings Glenn Sujo;
23. The holocaust and film Jennifer
Cazanave;
24. The future of the holocaust-timely reflections Dan Diner; Index.
Laura Jockusch is Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Collect and Record! Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe (2012); co-editor of Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust (2015) and Revenge, Retribution, Reconciliation: Justice and Emotions between Conflict and Mediation. A Cross-Disciplinary Anthology (2016); and editor of Khurbn-Forshung: Documents on Early Holocaust Research in Postwar Poland (2021). Devin O. Pendas is Professor of History at Boston College. He is the author of The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 19631965: Genocide, History, and the Limits of the Law (Cambridge, 2006) and Democracy, Nazi Trials, and Transitional Justice in Germany, 19451950 (Cambridge, 2020). He is the co-editor of Beyond the Racial State: Rethinking Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2017) and Political Trials in Theory and History (Cambridge, 2017).
