Holocaust Angst - The Federal Republic of Germany American Holocaust Memory Since

Zusatztext [E]xcellent... Eder has produced a wonderful, detailed analysis of the transnational nature of memory politics and how Holocaust memory became increasingly internationalized over the past four decades. Informationen zum Autor Jacob S. Eder is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. Klappentext Focusing on the German effort to rehabilitate its international reputation in the wake of the Holocaust, this study examines German-American relations from the 1970s through 1990. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the German effort to rehabilitate its international reputation in the wake of the Holocaust, this study examines German-American relations from the 1970s through 1990. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Terminology, Translations, and Sources Introduction Chapter 1: "Holocaustomania": West German Diplomats and American Holocaust Memorial Culture in the Late 1970s Chapter 2: A "Holocaust Syndrome"? Relations between the Federal Republic and American Jewish Organizations in the 1980s Chapter 3: Confronting the "Anti-German Museum": West Germany and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1979 - 1993 Chapter 4: Politicians, Professors, and the Politics of German History in the American Academy from the 1970s to 1990 Chapter 5: The Transformation of Holocaust Memory in Unified Germany, 1990 - 1998 Epilogue: Holocaust Angst and the Universalization of the Holocaust Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Jacob S Eder, Jacob S. Eder, Jacob S. (Research Fellow and Lecturer Eder, Eder Jacob S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9780190237820
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023782-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General