Linenthal follows the Holocaust Museum from its nearly incidental beginnings in domestic politics, recounting important stages in its conceptualization and realization--from choosing the site, to the design of the building and exhibits, through an obstacle course of political, logistical, ideological, and spiritual dilemmas, to the art of defining for the American public the Holocaust itself and its place in history and memory. Illustrations throughout.
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Passages in this discussion of the selection of artifacts?children's shoes, leg braces, bundles of women's hair?to be exhibited in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington are harrowing to read. At the same time, the bureaucratic infighting and political tugging on the President's Commission on the Holocaust and its successor, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, tend to trivialize the raison d'etre of the museum: about what sort of building to erect that would be a "good neighbor" to others on the Mall, about whether to include articles that once belonged to Gypsies and homosexuals who were also victims, about commemorating other genocides like the slaughter of the Armenians in 1915. Ultimately, Linenthal's (Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battlefields) carefully researched account seeks to answer the vexing question of the "place" of Holocaust memory in American culture. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Linenthal (religion and American culture, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh) describes the 15-year effort to create a national museum commemorating the Holocaust. He begins with the creation in May 1978 of the President's Commission on the Holocaust during the Carter administration. He then covers issues related to the location, design, and construction of the museum building. Linenthal's most significant contribution is the chapter on defining and representing the horror of the Holocaust. He skillfully describes the dilemmas facing the organizers of the exhibits, such as how to depict the story of mass murder and yet personalize it, how to represent the Nazis and other perpetrators of the Holocaust in the exhibit, and whether non-Jewish victims should be included. Linenthal tells the story of defining and representing America's memory of the Holocaust with sensitivity and thoroughness. For all collections.?Mark Weber, Kent State Univ. Lib., Ohio
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION to create a commission whose task it was to recommend an appropriate national Holocaust memorial is often characterized as "political," implying that the underlying motivation had little to do with interest in Holocaust memory and everything to do with the domestic political priority of appeasing Jewish interests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, White House, New York, Hall of Remembrance, Elie Wiesel, Michael Berenbaum, Martin Smith, Days of Remembrance, Hall of Witness, Raul Hilberg, Shaike Weinberg, Miles Lerman, Yaffa Eliach, Fine Arts, Anna Cohn, Eastern European, Raye Farr, Albert Abramson, Arnold Kramer, Hyman Bookbinder, President Carter, United Nations, Washington Monument, Washington Post, Air Force New!
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THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION to create a commission whose task it was to recommend an appropriate national Holocaust memorial is often characterized as "political," implying that the underlying motivation had little to do with interest in Holocaust memory and everything to do with the domestic political priority of appeasing Jewish interests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Elie Wiesel Messenger Revised: Theology by Robert Mcafee Brown on page 22, page 116, and Back Matter
- Off the Wall: Memoirs of a Public Affairs Junkie by Hyman Harry Bookbinder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust: Narrative and the Consequences of Interpretation (Jewish Literature and Culture) by Emma Young in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- After Tragedy and Triumph: Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience by Michael Berenbaum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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