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An artistic portrayal of the Holocaust and its significance (Artist: Stan Lebovic) The artwork, developed for Black is a Color, is meant to depict the heroic posture humanity has assumed in this post-Holocaust world, and present it to both humanity and God. For humanity it should serve as a reminder of the worth of their actions, and for God a ...
People Love Dead Jews consists of 12 essays exploring how Jewish tragedy is commemorated, how the Holocaust is written about, how the media presents antisemitic events, how museums honor Jewish heritage, how society reads literature with Jewish protagonists are all distractions from the main issue, which is the specific deaths of Jews.
There is a substantial body of literature and art in many languages. Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of studying Holocaust literature is the language often used in stories or essays; survivor Primo Levi notes in an interview for the International School for Holocaust Studies, housed at the Yad Vashem:
Choiceless choices" is a term coined by Lawrence Langer in his 1982 book Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, to describe the no-win situations faced by Jews during the Holocaust.
It was a recurring topic in Hitler's book Mein Kampf (1925–26), which was a key component of Nazi ideology. Early in his membership in the Nazi Party, Hitler presented the Jews as behind all of Germany's moral and economic problems, as featuring in both communism and international capitalism. [ 1 ]
Jan. 17—From staff reports The theme for this year's Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust writing and art contests is "Young Heroes of the Holocaust." Middle school and high school ...
A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-971830-6. Patterson, David (1998). Sun Turned to Darkness: Memory and Recovery in the Holocaust Memoir. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0530-0. Suleiman, Susan Rubin (2000).
Proponents of uniqueness argue that the Holocaust had unique aspects which were not found in other historical events. [20] [21] Historian Daniel Blatman sums up the uniqueness position as arguing it was the "only genocide in which the murderers' goal was the total extermination of the victim, with no rational or pragmatic reason", but Blatman and other scholars say this is not true of the ...