Holocaust angst : the Federal Republic of Germany and American Holocaust memory since the 1970s
In an innovative approach, Holocaust Angst explores how Germans perceived and reacted to how Americans publicly commemorated the Holocaust. It argues that a network of mostly conservative West German officials and their associates in private organizations and foundations, with Chancellor Kohl locate...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
2016
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| Schlagworte: | Memorialization Public opinion Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Antisemitism Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Foreign public opinion, German Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | In an innovative approach, Holocaust Angst explores how Germans perceived and reacted to how Americans publicly commemorated the Holocaust. It argues that a network of mostly conservative West German officials and their associates in private organizations and foundations, with Chancellor Kohl located at its center, perceived themselves as the "victims" of the afterlife of the Holocaust in America. They were concerned that public manifestations of Holocaust memory, such as museums, monuments, and movies, could severely damage the Federal Republic's reputation and even cause Americans to question the Federal Republic's status as an ally. From their perspective, American Holocaust memorial culture constituted a stumbling block for (West) German-American relations since the late 1970s. Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Terminology, Translations, and Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Holocaustomania: West German Diplomats and American Holocaust Memorial Culture in the Late 1970s -- 2. A Holocaust Syndrome? Relations between the Federal Republic and American Jewish Organizations in the 1980s -- 3. Confronting the Anti-German Museum: (West) Germany and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1979-1993 -- 4. Politicians and Professors: The Politics of German History in the American Academy from the 1970s to 1990 -- 5. After Unification: The Transformation of Holocaust Memory, 1990-1998 -- Epilogue: Holocaust Angst and the Universalization of the Holocaust -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780190237837 019023783X 9780190237820 0190237821 |