Holocaust memorials in America: a survey
TítuloHolocaust memorials in America: a survey
Autor
Call number940.547243094336/0008
Número del objeto04349k
Lugar de publicaciónBrussels, Belgium
EditorialComite International de Dachau
Año de publicación
1990
Paginaciónpp168-175
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'Dachau Review 2 : history of Nazi concentration camps, studies, reports, documents Volume 2 pp168-175
Descripción
Surveys the numerous and varied Holocaust memorials found throughout the USA. There has been little national coordination and intitially memorials began to appear quietly as plaques on synagogue walls but today nearly every major American city is home to at least one memorial commemorating aspects of the Holocaust. What each remembers depends on who commissioned the monument, under what finacial conditions and in what context. He concludes that liberty and pluralism comprise the central motifs in both current and proposed Holocaust museums but the grandest one will be the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.