1st Edition
The Holocaust and Representations of Jews History and Identity in the Museum
By K. Hannah Holtschneider
Copyright 2011
208 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Holocaust and Representations of Jews examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust.
Insights from the New Museology are brought to the field of Jewish Studies through an exploration of the visual representation of Jewish... Read more
Introduction 1. Framing Victims 2. The Holocaust through the Camera’s Eye 3. Historicizing Jews 4. Jewish Historiography? Conclusion
Biography
K. Hannah Holtschneider is Lecturer in Modern Judaism at the University of Edinburgh. Her first book, German Protestants Remember the Holocaust, was published by Lit.Verlag in 2001. Her research interests are in the fields of Jewish-non-Jewish relations, Holocaust representation and Jewish material culture.
