Holocaust Museums in Australia: The impact of Holocaust denial and the role of the Survivors

Over the past decade, increased academic attention has been focused on postwar responses to the Holocaust, with scholars asking how and why that event has been moved from the margins of public conciousness to occupy a central place in Western culture. Holocaust awareness in Australia was principally promoted by Holocaust survivors who from the late 1970s conceived, established and participated in the establishment of Holocaust museums in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney