Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Key Note Ljiljana Radonic (Vienna)
The Holocaust in Post-Communist Memorial Museums. From Marginalization to the "Europeanization of the Holocaust" and Back

"This conference addresses the latest developments in Holocaust research, especially in relation to contemporary political and cultural trends in Europe. These include the rise of right-wing governments, of nationalist and racist discourses, and Holocaust revisionism and denial, in the context of greater emphasis being placed on the use of new technology in memorialisation and education as we face the passing of the survivor generation.

We will ask what the practical and theoretical implications are for Holocaust research and education in the light of these new trends, and how the work of researchers, museologists, teachers and others can attempt to answer back to their negative political implications. In doing so, we will explore the long history

of Holocaust education in Germany, the narratives about its success, and whether this is borne out in fact, as well as whether such a model can be applied in other national contexts and be a kind of impulse for future work and research."

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