Denying the Shoah in post-communist Eastern Europe
TitleDenying the Shoah in post-communist Eastern Europe
Call number940.5318/0415
Object number08760b
Place of publicationBerlin, Germany, Jerusalem, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
PublisherDe Gruyter, The Hebrew University Magnes Press
Year of publication
2012
Physical descriptionpp27-65
MaterialArticle
ISBN9783110288148
NotesArticle from the book 'Holocaust denial: the politics of perfidy' pp27-65
Description
Outright negation of the Holocaust is rare, but not insignificant. In general it is supported and inspired by the extreme nationalist exiled community. Deflective negationism is more diffuse. Rather than negating the Holocaust, it transfers the guilt for the perpetration of crimes to members of other nations, or minimizes the role of one's own nation. Nowhere in post-communist east Central Europe is selective negationism so blatant as in Romania, where some of its most emblematic figures are university professors