Australian representations of the Holocaust: Jewish Holocaust museums in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney, 1984-1996
TitleAustralian representations of the Holocaust: Jewish Holocaust museums in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney, 1984-1996
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469ccc
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
Year of publication
1999
Dimensionspp200-221
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Vol.13 Number 2, Fall 1999 pp 200-221
Description
This article observes that Holocaust museums in Australia present neither a humanist narrative as in the USHMM, nor a zionist narrative as at Yad Vashem. The museums were established primarily to educate the broader Australian public in response to Holocaust denial.