Holocaust Monuments and National Memory

France and Germany since 1989
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-57181-904-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Since 1989, two sites of memory with respect to the deportation and persecution of Jews in France and Germany during the Second World War have received intense public attention: the Vélo d'Hiver (Winter Velodrome) in Paris and the Monument for the Murdered Jews of Europe or Holocaust Monument in Berlin. Why is this so? Both monuments, the author argues, are unique in the history of memorial projects. Although they are genuine "sites of memory", neither monument celebrates history, but rather serve as platforms for the deliberation, negotiation and promotion of social consensus over the memorial status of war crimes in France and Germany. The debates over these monuments indicate that it is the communication among members of the public via the mass media, rather than qualities inherent in the sites themselves, which transformed these sites into symbols beyond traditional conceptions of heritage and patriotism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carrier, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: MONUMENTS AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY

Chapter 1. Monuments in History

Chapter 2. History in Monuments

PART II: PARIS AND BERLIN AS SITES OF MEMORY OF THE 1990S

Chapter 3. Paris: the Vél’ d’Hiv’ and the Promise of National Reconciliation 1992–97

Chapter 4. Berlin: the Monument for the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Promise of Consensus 1988–2000

Chapter 5. The Institutionalisation of Memory in Public Art and rhetoric

PART III: DIALOGIC MONUMENTS BETWEEN NEGOTIATION AND STATE INTERVENTION

Chapter 6. The National Memorial Paradigm

Chapter 7. The Postnational Memorial Paradigm

Chapter 8. Dialogic Monuments

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carrier, Peter
Peter Carrier is Visiting Fellow at the International Study Centre of Queens University at Herstmonceux, UK. He has taught at the universities of Tübingen, Paris VII, Berlin, and at the Central European University in Budapest, and was DAAD Research Fellow at the Maison des Sciences de l¹Homme in Paris. He has published widely on the impact of contemporary arts on collective memory and historical identities.