Reading the Holocaust: right here, right now
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Reading the Holocaust: right here, right now
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/005
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05556gb
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]London, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Vallentine Mitchell
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2011
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp63-84
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.17 No.1 Spring 2011 pp63-84
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Discusses how attitudes towards, and knowledge of, the Holocaust have evolved in the last 15 years. Compares the German and American reception to a popular teaching text, Bernhard Schlink's 'The Reader' in order to stress the importance of national myths in extracting value from the Holocaust