Documenting the landscape of death: the politics of commemoration and Holocaust studies

A wide-ranging survey of the founding and histories of Holocaust museums in Europe and the US, from Paris to New York, Washington and Los Angeles. They include the Center for Holocaust Studies in Brooklyn, founded in 1974; the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles; the Jewish Museum, Washington. Will Holocaust museums eventually outlive their relevance? If so, what will become of their physical structures?