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Showing 1 to 20 of 285 for “"Holocaust"”.
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Dramatic narratives and the holocaust
… dramatic and historical narratives about the Holocaust. Primarily, it focuses on Israeli, German and Austrian writers from the time of the Final solution (1941) to the mid 1990s. In particular, I will highlight how the 'trauma' of the Holocaust has influenced collective identity in these …
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Aesthetic Shapes of Holocaust Literature and Pedagogical Applications
… three narratives that are part of the genre of Holocaust Literature: Elie Wiesel’s Night, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the way in which each of these texts contributes to collective Holocaust memory and traumatic literature: as a memoir, graphic …
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A space between : contemplating the post-Holocaust subject
… Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, but they were not the only victims. Approximately one and a half million Gypsies, at least 250 000 physically or mentally disabled people, three million Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, Social Democrats, …
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Family Arrest and Separation During the Holocaust in Italy
… targeted by genocide perpetrators, genocide and Holocaust researchers have paid relatively little attention to how patterns of victimization of individuals might differ from those of families. This thesis contributes to the literature by examining Jewish families' victimization during the …
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THE JEWISH ANIMAL IN POST-HOLOCAUST JEWISH AMERICAN POETRY
… animals. This dissertation argues that post-Holocaust, Jewish American poets help us reconsider the boundaries of “human” and “animal” in the American imagination, ultimately creating an animal poetics that flips the script, demonstrating that yes, we are all animals, which demands not only a …
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Understanding the Holocaust: Ernest Becker and the "Heroic Nazi"
… historical analysis in regards to explaining the Holocaust and in particular the widespread consent to the Nazi program. One of the primary limitations that emerges is an inability of historians to fully engage other social sciences to offer a more comprehensive explanation as to why so many …
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The educational role of United States Holocaust museums/centers
<p>There are almost three hundred Holocaust museums/centers in the United States whose precise function is unclear. This study of 131 participants was concerned with what materials/resources were in their collection and what educational programs were offered. The electronic mail survey also asked: …
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Aftermath: Accounting for the Holocaust in the Czech Republic
… analyzes claims made by Czech Romani Holocaust survivors in reparations programs, the social work apparatus through which they pursued their claims, and the often contradictory demands of the complex legal structures that have governed eligibility for reparations since the immediate …
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Imagining the Worst: Ladislav Fuks' Contributions to Holocaust Fiction
… He is a valuable contributor not only to the Holocaust Literature genre, but also to film and literature in general. His two English-translated works, Mr. Theodore Mundstock and The Cremator, as well as the film adaptation of The Cremator, examine the role imagination can play in art that …
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Methods of Teaching the Holocaust to Secondary Students as Implemented by Tennessee Recipients of the Belz-Lipman Holocaust Educator of the Year Awards.
<p>Teaching the Holocaust is a challenging task. Not only do educators have a responsibility to impart the historical information surrounding these events, but issues of humanity are also an important part of the lessons. As of 2001, Holocaust education has been mandated by at least 6 states in the …
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When Facts Become Figures: Figurative Dynamics in Youth Holocaust Literature
… in youth literature, illustrating how the Holocaust has been and continues to be represented and manipulated. Youth Holocaust literature, often a young person’s first introduction to the events of the Nazi genocide, exposes the ways we imagine, narrate, communicate, and alter the facts of …
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After "Postmemory": Coping with Holocaust Remembrance in Postmodern Hebrew Literature
… the time has come to pursue a new modality of Holocaust remembrance. It assumes that when we speak of “remembering” we are referring to acts of remembrance, for, with the exception of those who lived through the Holocaust, those of us who were not “there” cannot remember the actual events of …
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Trauma, Memory and Victimhood: Estonia and the Holocaust, 1998-2012
… post-Soviet European identity. As a result, the Holocaust in Estonia has played a less substantial role in both scholarship, and public debate, specifically regarding the nature of local participation in the elimination of Jewish life in Estonia. The subject was catapulted onto the national …
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Absent meaning: Fascination, narrative, and trauma in the Holocaust imaginary
<p>Examining post-1970 representations of the Holocaust and Nazism along with critical responses to these representations, the dissertation demonstrates how a use of the term "fascination" has shaped contemporary understandings of how the Holocaust should and should not be represented and …
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