Holocaust memorials in America: a survey
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Holocaust memorials in America: a survey
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.547243094336/0008
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04349k
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Brussels, Belgium
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Comite International de Dachau
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1990
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp168-175
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the book 'Dachau Review 2 : history of Nazi concentration camps, studies, reports, documents Volume 2 pp168-175
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.