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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815226403321

Titolo

Bringing the dark past to light : the reception of the Holocaust in postcommunist Europe / / edited and with an introduction by John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4962-1020-4

0-8032-4647-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (791 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HimkaJohn-Paul <1949->

MichlicJoanna B

Disciplina

940.53/18072047

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Europe, Eastern - Influence

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Public opinion

Public opinion - Europe, Eastern

Antisemitism - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern History 1989-

Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "Our Conscience Is Clean": Albanian Elites and the Memory of the Holocaust in Postsocialist Albania; 2. The Invisible Genocide: The Holocaust in Belarus; 3. Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust in Bosnia and Herzegovina; 4. Debating the Fate of Bulgarian Jews during World War II; 5. Representations of the Holocaust and Historical Debates in Croatia since 1989; 6. The Sheep of Lidice: The Holocaust and the Construction of Czech National History

7. Victim of History: Perceptions of the Holocaust in Estonia 8. Holocaust Remembrance in the German Democratic Republic-and Beyond; 9. The Memory of the Holocaust in Post-communist Hungary; 10. The Transformation of Holocaust Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia; 11. Conflicting Memories: The Reception of the Holocaust in Lithuania; 12.



The Combined Legacies of the "Jewish Question" and the "Macedonian Question"; 13. Public Discourses on the Holocaust in Moldova: Justification, Instrumentalization, and Mourning

14. The Memory of the Holocaust in Post-1989 Poland: Renewal-Its Accomplishments and Its Powerlessness15. Public Perceptions of the Holocaust in Post-communist Romania; 16. The Reception of the Holocaust in Russia: Silence, Conspiracy, and Glimpses of Light; 17. Between Marginalization and Instrumentalization: Holocaust Memory in Serbia since the Late 1980's; 18. The "Unmasterable Past"? The Reception of the Holocaust in Post-communist Slovakia; 19. On the Periphery: Jews, Slovenes, and the Memory of the Holocaust; 20. The Reception of the Holocaust in Post-communist Ukraine; Conclusion

ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the Holocaust's profound impact on the history of Eastern Europe, the communist regimes successfully repressed public discourse about and memory of this tragedy. Since the collapse of communism in 1989, however, this has changed. Not only has a wealth of archival sources become available, but there have also been oral history projects and interviews recording the testimonies of eyewitnesses who experienced the Holocaust as children and young adults. Recent political, social, and cultural developments have facilitated a more nuanced and complex understanding of the continuities and...