Fragments of the Holocaust : : The Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg as a Site of Memory / / David Duindam.

The memory of the Holocaust is naturally fragmented because its violent and traumatic history prohibits a comprehensive and unified understanding, and this is why museums and other sites of memory remain so important. David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche Schouwburg-a former theatre in Amsterda...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Heritage and Memory Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 41 halftones, 2 line drawings
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Table of Contents --
Prologue --
1. The Dynamics of Sites of Memory --
2. The Construction of an In Situ Memorial Site --
3. The Performance of Memory --
4. The Fragmented Memorial Museum --
5. The Spatial Proliferation of Memory --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgements --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:The memory of the Holocaust is naturally fragmented because its violent and traumatic history prohibits a comprehensive and unified understanding, and this is why museums and other sites of memory remain so important. David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche Schouwburg-a former theatre in Amsterdam used for the registration and deportation of nearly 50,000 Jews-became a memorial museum, and how it will continue to be a meaningful site for future generations. In the immediate postwar years, this building stood as a reminder of a painful past, but by the 1960s it became the first Holocaust memorial of national importance, and in the 1990s, an educational exhibition was added, further allowing visitors to invest and immerse themselves in this site of memory. This books argues how the Hollandsche Schouwburg, and other comparable sites, will remain important in the future as indexical fragments where new generations can engage with the Holocaust on a personal and truly concrete level.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789048538256
9783110667318
9783110606720
9783110604252
9783110603255
9783110604030
9783110603149
DOI:10.1515/9789048538256?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: David Duindam.