Remembering the Holocaust

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Tina Frühauf
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Population ◽  
The Self ◽  
Political Consciousness ◽  
Military Chaplains ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
American Military ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
State Of Israel

Having survived the Nazi atrocities, Jewish communities offered different spaces for collective mourning and remembrance. Among the earliest commemorative events were reburial ceremonies, presided over by American military chaplains and cantors. There were also memorials for those murdered in the Holocaust. Memorial days firmly instituted in the first months after liberation would have a lasting presence in Germany’s culture of remembrance. From early on, the communities’ commemorative efforts included music, which served as an agent to help with emotional hardship and to create an atmosphere of dignity, respect, and compassion. In parallel to the somber memorials, euphoric celebrations of liberation took place as well, which defined the Jewish population as survivors, rather than victims. Beginning in 1948, celebrations dedicated to the newly founded State of Israel had a massive impact on the self-image, political consciousness, and culture of Jews in post-Holocaust Germany.

The Impact of Jewish-Arab Intercultural Encounters and the Discourse of the Holocaust on Mutual Perceptions

2016 ◽  
pp. 166-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Mollov ◽  
Chaim Lavie
Keyword(s):  
Peace Education ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Intercultural Encounters ◽  
European Jewish ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
The Impact ◽  
State Of Israel

This chapter will focus on two main approaches connected to seeking to advance both Jewish-Arab relations in the State of Israel and between Israelis and Palestinians with emphasis on inter-religious and intercultural dimensions for dialogue and peace education. Based on both qualitative and quantitative assessments, these approaches focus: (1) on the impact of intercultural dialogue encounters between Israelis and Palestinians, and Arabs and Jews within Israel in a number of venues for mutual perception change; and (2) the possibilities of joint Jewish-Arab study of the European Jewish Holocaust and a visit to Holocaust memorial sites in Poland as a vehicle for dialogue and constructive relationship building. Based on both theory and case studies it will be contended that such inter-religious/intercultural encounters along with a focus on the discourse of the Holocaust, can if properly framed help to promote more positive Jewish-Arab mutual perceptions and advance efforts for peace education.

The Impact of Jewish-Arab Intercultural Encounters and the Discourse of the Holocaust on Mutual Perceptions

2020 ◽  
pp. 78-101
Author(s):  
Ben Mollov ◽  
Chaim Lavie
Keyword(s):  
Peace Education ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Intercultural Encounters ◽  
European Jewish ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
The Impact ◽  
State Of Israel

This chapter will focus on two main approaches connected to seeking to advance both Jewish-Arab relations in the State of Israel and between Israelis and Palestinians with emphasis on inter-religious and intercultural dimensions for dialogue and peace education. Based on both qualitative and quantitative assessments, these approaches focus: (1) on the impact of intercultural dialogue encounters between Israelis and Palestinians, and Arabs and Jews within Israel in a number of venues for mutual perception change; and (2) the possibilities of joint Jewish-Arab study of the European Jewish Holocaust and a visit to Holocaust memorial sites in Poland as a vehicle for dialogue and constructive relationship building. Based on both theory and case studies it will be contended that such inter-religious/intercultural encounters along with a focus on the discourse of the Holocaust, can if properly framed help to promote more positive Jewish-Arab mutual perceptions and advance efforts for peace education.

scholarly journals Holocaust Monuments in Kamianets-Podilskyi as a Resource for Tourism Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162
Author(s):  
Ihor Smyrnov ◽  
Olha Liubitseva ◽  
Cui Jibo
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Population ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
Second World

The Holocaust peculiarities of the Jewish population in Ukraine during the Second World War are revealed. Ten sites of the largest mass executions of Jews in Ukraine by the German occupation authorities during the Second World War have been identified and characterized. The largest number of victims are crimes in Kyiv (Babyn Yar – almost 34 thousand people) and Odesa (25 thousand people). The third-largest death toll was in the Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre (23,000 people), but it was the first chronological case of the Nazi massacre of Jews in Ukraine. The peculiarities of the mass extermination of the Jewish population in Kamianets Podilskyi, where a ghetto was created not only for the local Jewish population but also for Jews deported from Hungary, are highlighted. Three memorialization ‘waves’ of Holocaust memorial sites in Kamianets-Podilskyi have been identified. The main monuments of the Holocaust have been characterized, and directions for its further memorialization as a resource for the development of memorial tourism have been proposed.

Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Renwick Monroe
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Moral Choice ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Holocaust

What causes genocide? Why do some stand by, doing nothing, while others risk their lives to help the persecuted? This book analyzes riveting interviews with bystanders, Nazi supporters, and rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to lay bare critical psychological forces operating during genocide. The book's examination of these moving—and disturbing—interviews underscores the significance of identity for moral choice. The book finds that self-image and identity—especially the sense of self in relation to others—determine and delineate our choice options, not just morally but cognitively. It introduces the concept of moral salience to explain how we establish a critical psychological relationship with others, classifying individuals in need as “people just like us” or reducing them to strangers perceived as different, threatening, or even beyond the boundaries of our concern. The book explicates the psychological dehumanization that is a prerequisite for genocide and uses knowledge of human behavior during the Holocaust to develop a broader theory of moral choice, one applicable to other forms of ethnic, religious, racial, and sectarian prejudice, aggression, and violence. It suggests that identity is more fundamental than reasoning in our treatment of others.

Le rôle de l’armée juive dans la libération de Juifs en France 1942 - 1945

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 00007
Author(s):  
B Dewi Puspitaningrum ◽  
Airin Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
World War ◽  
French Army ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Status ◽  
Jews In France ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Second World

<p class="Keyword">Nazi Germany used Endlösung to persecute Jews during the Second World War, leading them to the Holocaust, known as “death”. During the German occupation in France, the status of the Jews was applied. Polonski reacted to the situation by establishing a Zionist resistance, Jewish Army, in January 1942. Their first visions were to create a state of Israel and save the Jews as much as they could. Although the members of the group are not numerous, they represented Israel and played an important role in the rescue of the Jews in France, also in Europe. Using descriptive methods and three aspects of historical research, this article shows that the Jewish Army has played an important role in safeguarding Jewish children, smuggling smugglers, physical education and the safeguarding of Jews in other countries. In order to realize their visions, collaborations with other Jewish resistances and the French army itself were often created. With the feeling of belonging to France, they finally extended their vision to the liberation of France in 1945 by joining the French Forces of the Interior and allied troops.</p>

It was horrible, but we live now

Focaal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (74) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Krieg
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Strange Matter ◽  
The Past ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
Personal Relation ◽  
The Holocaust

Based on an ethnographic field study in a museum and an evening high school in Cologne, this paper discusses experiences of young German adults in everyday encounters with the Holocaust, which are oft en accompanied by feelings of discomfort. Considering the Holocaust as an uncanny, strange matter contributes to understanding that distance and proximity are key factors in creating uncomfortable encounters. Distance from the Holocaust reduces discomfort, but where distance cannot be created, other strategies have to be put to work. This article underlines the significance of experience in an individual’s personal relation to the past for gaining an improved understanding of Holocaust memorial culture in Germany.

Zofia Kulik. The Splendor of Myself

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Women Artists ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Physical Presence

Narratives about women artists usually point to the obstacles they face in the development of their artistic careers. In her article, the author proposes an analysis that concentrates on how a woman artist – Zofia Kulik – presented herself as the heroine of a successful story of emancipation in the series of works titled The Splendor of Myself (1997, 2015, 2017). The self-image she presents is paradoxical: we deal with both her ostentatious presence and her absence as her physical presence is hidden behind the gorgeous but extremely stiff dress. It corresponds with Kulik’s understanding of her success as directly related with the wealth of images and the mastery of composition.

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