Reading the Holocaust: right here, right now
TitleReading the Holocaust: right here, right now
Author
Call numberS940.5318/005
Object number05556gb
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherVallentine Mitchell
Year of publication
2011
Dimensionspp63-84
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.17 No.1 Spring 2011 pp63-84
Description
Discusses how attitudes towards, and knowledge of, the Holocaust have evolved in the last 15 years. Compares the German and American reception to a popular teaching text, Bernhard Schlink's 'The Reader' in order to stress the importance of national myths in extracting value from the Holocaust