Terezin and the memory of the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia since 1945
TitleTerezin and the memory of the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia since 1945
Author
Call number940.5318/0043
Object number05548s
Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
Year of publication
2002
Physical descriptionpp331-339
MaterialArticle
ISBN0810119161
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies' Vol.V pp331-339
Description
Blodig gives an illustration of how ideology and political expediency can be used to color the memory of the Holocaust by demonstrating how the communist regime in Czechoslovakia used the memorial at Terezin (Theresienstadt) as a vehicle for anti-semitic, later anti-zionist ideology