Holocaust memorials in America: a survey
TitelHolocaust memorials in America: a survey
Auteur
Call number940.547243094336/0008
Objectnummer04349k
Plaats van uitgaveBrussels, Belgium
UitgeverComite International de Dachau
Jaar van uitgave
1990
Pagina'spp168-175
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the book 'Dachau Review 2 : history of Nazi concentration camps, studies, reports, documents Volume 2 pp168-175
Beschrijving
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.