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genesis of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum: a case study of the politics of memorializing the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The genesis of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum: a case study of the politics of memorializing the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0275
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04683c
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Lanham, Maryland, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University Press of America
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1993
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp27-38
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Studies in the Shoah; v.17
NotesArticle from the book "The uses and abuses of knowledge" pp27-38
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.