Overlapping triangles: teaching the interdependency of Holocaust victimhoods
TitleOverlapping triangles: teaching the interdependency of Holocaust victimhoods
Author
Call number940.5318/0317
Object number08593a
Place of publicationColchester, Essex, England
PublisherUniversity of Essex
Year of publication
2011
Physical descriptionpp. 41-60
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe Holocaust in History & Memory Vol. 4 Occasional Paper
ISBN1904059864
NotesArticle from the book ' The pink triangle: the long shadow of the Nazi persecution of gay men', pp 41-60
Description
Argues that in order to simplify issues in Holocaust teaching the victims are often divided into distinct, unconnected groups whereas they are in fact inseparable. The focus on Jewish victims and the 'uniqueness' of the Jewish experience can result in the exclusion of other groups as well as of other genocides.