genesis of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum: a case study of the politics of memorializing the Holocaust
TitelThe genesis of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum: a case study of the politics of memorializing the Holocaust
Forfatter
Call number940.5318/0275
Objektnummer04683c
UdgivelsesstedLanham, Maryland, United States
UdgiverUniversity Press of America
Udgivelsesår
1993
Pagineringpp27-38
MaterialeArticle
SerieStudies in the Shoah; v.17
NoterArticle from the book "The uses and abuses of knowledge" pp27-38
Beskrivelse
Analyzes how the new museum was born out of the electoral politics in 1977-78. When Carter intervened on the issue of the Holocaust, he did so for political reasons, to ingratiate himself with the disgruntled Jewish community.