The Holocaust and French Historical Culture, 1945-65

by Johannes Heuman

Overview

Paris was home to one of the key European initiatives to document and commemorate the Holocaust, the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine . By analysing the earliest Holocaust narratives and their reception in France, this study provides a new understanding of the institutional development of Holocaust remembrance in France after the War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137529329
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/23/2015
Series:	The Holocaust and its Contexts
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Johannes Heuman is Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre in Uppsala, Sweden and the Centre Alberto-Benveniste in Paris, France. He specialises in modern French history.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. French–Jewish Relations and Historical Culture
3. Nationalisation and Isolation
4. Europeanisation and Historicisation
5. Universalisation and Global Remembrance
6. The Holocaust Enters French Historical Culture
7. Concluding Discussion