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
Verfasser
Call number940.5318/0275
Inventarnummer04683c
ErscheinungsortLanham, Maryland, United States
Erscheinungsjahr
1993
Seitenpp27-38
MaterialArtikel
SerieStudies in the Shoah; v.17
NotesArticle from the book "The uses and abuses of knowledge" pp27-38
Beschreibung
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.