Cultivating Holocaust Memory in the IDF
This chapter discusses the transformation in the Education Corps' approach to the conceptualization of Holocaust memory among its soldiers between 1987 and 2004, and the factors that influenced this change. The historical events are the background for the milestones in the IDF's approach to the Holocaust, which is the foundation for this discussion. The Education Corps, which is in charge of the IDF's educational activities, is poised between the IDF and society and was therefore selected as the object of this study, through which we can gain an understanding of the IDF in general. In particular, the diversity of voices of delegation members—who come from different backgrounds, different personal situations, are of different ages, and serve in different positions in the IDF—reflects the complex nature of the experience and the trip's personal impact on the commanders.