Remembering for the Future: 3 Volume Set: The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide

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J. Roth, E. Maxwell
Springer, Feb 13, 2017 - Religion - 2256 pages
Focused on 'The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide', Remembering for the Future brings together the work of nearly 200 scholars from more than 30 countries and features cutting-edge scholarship across a range of disciplines, amounting to the most extensive and powerful reassessment of the Holocaust ever undertaken. In addition to its international scope, the project emphasizes that varied disciplinary perspectives are needed to analyze and to check the genocidal forces that have made the Twentieth century so deadly. Historians and ethicists, psychologists and literary scholars, political scientists and theologians, sociologists and philosophers - all of these, and more, bring their expertise to bear on the Holocaust and genocide. Their contributions show the new discoveries that are being made and the distinctive approaches that are being developed in the study of genocide, focusing both on archival and oral evidence, and on the religious and cultural representation of the Holocaust.
 

Contents

THE ELCA CONFRONTS HISTORY
587
MARTIN LUTHER AND THE JEWS
603
THE CONTRASTING NATIONAL CULTURES OF LUTHERANISM IN GERMANY AND DENMARK DURING THE HOLOCAUST
618
STEWART W HERMAN PASTOR OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH IN BERLIN 193542 AND HITLERS PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS
635
THEOLOGY PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
653
FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND ETHICS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
656
MIXED SIGNALS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
661
A CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
673

USING THE HOLOCAUST TO MISUNDERSTAND GENOCIDE AND TO SEGREGATE THE FINAL SOLUTION OF THE JEWISH QUESTION
43
REMEMBERING FOR THE FUTURE ENGAGING WITH THE PRESENT
55
SWITZERLAND AS A BYSTANDER OF HISTORY?
71
NORMATIVE COMPARATIVE STUDIES
90
RACE AND NATION UNDER NAZI AND SOVIET
113
CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE EUROPEANNESS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND OF ITS VICTIMS
130
THE MINSK GHETTO 19411944
155
JEWISH SLAVE LABOUR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE FINAL SOLUTION
163
JEWISH CATHOLICS IN THE WARSAW GHETTO
187
CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE GHETTO
198
DIARIES AND MEMOIRS FROM THE JEWISH GHETTOS DURING WORLD WAR I I
211
CHANGING TASKS OF THE MOTHERLY ROLE
230
GENDERED RESPONSES TO HUNGER IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
248
UNIVERSITY OVER AN ABYSS THE STORY BEHIND THE THERESIENSTADT
258
THE EDUCATION OF JEWISH CHILDREN IN WARSAW DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION
289
THE UNEXPLORED CONTINENT OF HOLOCAUST HISTORIOGRAPHY
302
ETHICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY AUSCHWITZ PRISONER DOCTORS
319
RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE LODZ GHETTO
335
RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST
355
THE QUADRUPLE TRAP OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS AS REFLECTED IN NEW ARCHIVAL SOURCES
371
PRAYERS OF THE HOLOCAUST
389
ORGANS AND ORGAN MUSIC IN THE SYNAGOGUE
410
THE SUFFERING OF THE RIGHTEOUS ACCORDING TO SHLOMO ZALMAN UNSDORFER OF BRATISLAVA 19391944
422
RACE AGAINST TIME THE ENDEAVOURS OF DR GYORGY GERGELY HUNGARY 19401945
439
THE BULGARIAN GYPSIES ROMA DURING WORLD WAR I I
456
ITALIAN JEWS AND RACIAL LAWS
466
THE ACCOUNT OF THE HOLOCAUST DIARIES
481
THE NAZI PERSECUTION OF JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
495
YUGOSLAV JEWS FLEENG THE HOLOCAUST 19411945
512
A REASSESSMENT OF THE DUTCH RECORD DURING THE HOLOCAUST
527
VICTOR KLEMPERERS DIARIES OF 20THCENTURY GERMANIES
543
REFLECTIONS ON RESISTANCE AND GENDER
552
JEWISH AND ARAB APPROACHES
570
THE EXPERIENCES OF JEWS WHO PASSED IN POLAND AND GERMANY DURING THE HOLOCAUST
589
THE HOLOCAUST AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION
613
SVEN HEDIN 18651952 A SWEDISH APOLOGIST FOR THE THIRD REICH
630
THE CHURCHLESS AND THE NAZI SEARCH FOR JUSTIFICATION 193338
645
THE CONTRIBUTION OF SCIENTISTS TO NAZI RULE IN GERMANY
657
THE FIRST UG I F BOARD OF DIRECTORS
674
SOVIET TROPHY DOCUMENTS AND INVESTIGATIVE RECORDS AS SOURCES
688
THE CANADIAN STORY
702
MEANINGS AMBIGUITIES AND INTENTIONS IN GERMAN ANTISEMITISM AND THE HOLOCAUST 18001945
726
MU È NCH OR THE PARADOX OF THE GOOD SS DOCTOR
751
MY STRUGGLE WITH DECEPTION LIES AND DAVID IRVING
769
HISTORIANS AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL IN THE COURTROOM
773
AMERICA THE HOLOCAUST AND THE EXPERIENCE OF RADICAL EVIL
779
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS A PROTOTYPE
796
THE ATTEMPTS TO REHABILITATE THE PERPETRATORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
813
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE NEW ANTI SEMITISM THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
832
HOLOCAUST DENIAL IN THE BALTIC STATES 19451999
847
HOLOCAUST DENIAL IN SOUTH AFRICA
858
THE SPECTRE OF IRRATIONALISM AT THE MILLENNIUM
870
ANTI SEMITIC PROPAGANDA IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA
884
ANTISEMITIC WRITINGS OF THE ARROW CROSS EMIGRATION
897
ASPECTS OF ONLINE ANTISEMITISM
911
THE HOLOCAUST IN AN AGE OF GENOCIDE
iii
A Message from His Eminence Professor Dr Damaskinos Papandreou Metropolitan of Switzerland Director of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenica...
3
QUO VADIS HUMANITY? THE HOLOCAUST AS CONTINUING CHALLENGE FOR RELIGION AND ETHICS
6
RELIGION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THE HOLOCAUST
11
REMEMBERING THE PAST FORGETTING THE PRESENT
19
LESSONS FROM THE PAST TO REMEMBER FOR THE FUTURE
36
HUMANITARIAN CONCERN VERSUS ZYKLON B
54
TIKKUN OLAM AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
66
LESSONS LEARNED FROM RESCUERS AND PERPETRATORS
81
EMMANUEL LEVINAS THE HOLOCAUST AND THE LOGIC OF WITNESS
98
THE MORALITY OF THE USE OF POWER
114
REFLECTIONS ON ETHICS MORALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
123
ETHICS HUMAN GENETICS AND THE HOLOCAUST
133
CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS IN LIGHT OF NAZI IDEOLOGY
146
GERMAN JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS FACING THE SHOAH
162
CHRISTANITY THE OTHER AND THE HOLOCAUST
180
A COMPARISON OF THE NAZI EUTHANASIA PROGRAMME AND CONTEMPORARY DEBATES ON EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIANASSIS...
198
THE TWO KEY FACTORS
217
KINDERTRANSPORT AND THE CAMBRIDGE REFUGEE CHILDRENS COMMITTEE
230
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF RESCUE IN THE HOLOCAUST
254
JAN ZWARTENDI JK IN LITHUANIA 1940
271
JEWISH REFUGEE CHILDREN IN SWITZERLAND 19391950
281
ARISTOTELIAN AND LEVINASIAN PERSPECTIVES
298
AN EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL STYLES
309
HEROIC AND MORAL BEHAVIOUR IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS
319
REFLECTIONS ON THE MOTIVATIONS OF GENTILE RESCUERS OF JEWS
334
VARIAN FRY IN MARSEILLE
347
THE CASE OF THE JESUITS
381
TWO POPES AND THE HOLOCAUST
396
WIR ERINNERN AND THE PROBLEMS OF CONFESSION
413
A SURVEY OF JEWISH REACTION TO THE VATICAN STATEMENT ON THE HOLOCAUST
425
THE NEXT STEP IN CATHOLIC JEWISH RELATIONS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
437
THE VATICAN STATEMENT ON THE SHOAH AND PIUS XI I
455
THE ATTITUDE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH TO THE HOLOCAUST DUR...
481
NAZI PRIESTS A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION
493
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS TREATMENT OF THE JEWISH QUESTION DURING VICHY
509
HOW ARE THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES HOW ARE THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES
533
THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
544
THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST
561
JAMES PARKES AND THE HOLOCAUST
575
READING THE BIBLE AFTER AUSCHWITZ
683
METHOD IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THEOLOGY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
700
THE SHOAH AND THE CHRISTIAN DRAMA OF THE REDEMPTION
710
CHRISTIAN DISCOURSES OF FORGIVENESS AND THE PERPETRATORS
725
A THEOLOGY OF JEWISHCHRISTIAN DIALOGUE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
732
LOOKING OVER JOBS SHOULDERS FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE STORM
745
HOLOCAUST TESTIMONY BIBLICAL TEXTS AND GERMAN AFTER AUSCHWITZ THEOLOGY
760
REFLECTIONS FROM A POLITICAL THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
775
3159 FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE
787
THE JOURNEY FROM DEATH TO LIFE AT NES AMMIM
798
THE STATE OF THE QUESTION
814
THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
845
A VIEW FROM THE CANADIAN COURTROOM
860
A SWISS PERSPECTIVE
876
THE NAZI LAW ON THE CONFISCATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN POLAND
882
RESEARCH FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO HOLOCAUSTERA ART IN GERMAN AND CZECH PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
895
AN EXAMPLE OF HOW SWITZERLAND CAME TO TERMS WITH THE PAST
907
A SURVEY OF CHILD HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS EXPERIENCES WITH RESTITUTION
923
LEGAL DISCOURSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HISTORY IN SWITZERLAND
938
CHOICE OF LAW ISSUES
952
THE HOLOCAUST IN AN AGE OF GENOCIDE
iii
PLENARY ADDRESS
3
THE DEPORTATION OF THE FRENCH JEWS
5
CLOSING ADDRESS
8
CLOSING ADDRESS
10
WHO IS A VICTIM? WHAT IS A HOLOCAUST MEMOIR?
15
ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AS A SOURCE IN UNCOVERING THE IDENTITY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
24
RELATIONS BETWEEN HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND CANADIAN JEWS
32
RESISTANCE TO ADVERSITY
47
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES TO TRAUMA
63
HIDDEN CHILDREN AND SECOND GENERATION
78
EXPLODING PSYCHOLOGICAL MYTHS ABOUT GENERATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN ISRAEL AND NORTH AMERICA
93
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TESTIMONY IN THE FIRST YEARS AFTER LIBERATION
108
TRAUMA TRANSMISSION IN HOLOCAUSTSURVIVOR FAMILIES AND THE EXILED SELF
117
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
127
NEWRESEARCH AND FINDINGS
135
THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION AND MEMORY
142
A WRITING WORKSHOP 19941999
150
PUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
167
RAVENSBRU È CK CONCENTRATION CAMP AND RESCUE IN SWEDEN
172
THE MEMORIAL ROLE OF HOLOCAUST VIDEOTESTIMONIES
189
LABOUR CAMP TESTIMONIES IN THE ARNOLD DAGHANI ARCHIVE
205
MEMORY REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION
231
THE CHALLENGES OF APPLIED RESEARCH
237
LESSONS FOR THE POSTHOLOCAUST ERA
248
REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FUTURE OF JEWISH LIFE AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY
266
GERMAN IDENTITY THE HOLOCAUST AND THE YEAR 2000
283
SOVIET JEWISH VETERANS REMEMBER WORLD WAR I I AND THE HOLOCAUST
296
THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST
309
AUSCHWITZ AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
322
DOCUMENTATION OR DECORATION? USES AND MISUSES OF PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOCAUST
341
THE HOLOCAUST AS HISTORY
358
CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIALS IN EASTERN GERMANY SINCE 1989
367
CAN THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST BE TAMED AND REGULARIZED?
383
HOW IS THE HOLOCAUST BEST REMEMBERED? REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY RELIGION AND MORALITY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
394
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DANIEL JONAH GOLDHAGEN FOR CHILDREN OF NAZI FAMILIES
410
GERMANY SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES
420
TRANSGENERATION AND THE PITFALLS OF NARRATIVE CLOSURE
437
THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF HOLOCAUST MEMORY
452
SPATIAL IMAGERY IN SWISS MEMORY DISCOURSE
466
VISUALIZING THE UNIMAGINABLE HOLOCAUST IN EARLY DOCUMENTARY FILMS
478
A WAR AGAINST MEMORY ? NATIVIZING THE HOLOCAUST
501
TEACHING AND LEARNING
515
DIRECTIONS IN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
520
BUILDING A MORAL COMMUNITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
522
WHAT IS IN THE WAY? TEACHING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST IN POST1989 POLAND
525
THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT
545
THE AMERICAN ACADEMIC SETTING
562
ISSUES OF PEDAGOGY AND CONTENT
578
YOUR STORY TOO? THE NEW HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
590
SEMINARS ON THE NAZI ERA AND THE HOLOCAUST FOR PROFESSIONALS
607
TOWARD A DISTINCTIVE PEDAGOGY
617
KL AUSCHWITZ IN THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF POLES AD 2000
632
GENERATIONAL COHORTS AND THE SHAPING OF POPULAR ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE HOLOCAUST
652
THE DOCUMENTATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF GERMAN SINTI AND ROMA
664
IN WITNESS
677
THE COMMEMORATIVE CONCERTS
680
THE RECEPTION OF THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IN POLAND
684
CHRISTIAN IDEOLOGY THE ENIGMA OF INDIFFERENCE AND THE PORTRAYAL OF THE JEW
691
THE GENETICS OF JEWISH SELFDEFINITION
704
INCITING MEMORY AND DISCOURSE THE ONLY WAY TO GO?
718
THE ISSUE OF MADNESS
739
WOMENS HOLOCAUST WRITING
751
PLAYING THE HOLOCAUST
769
REFLECTIONS ABOUT HORST HOHEISELS NEGATIVE MEMORY AND YEARNING FOR SACRIFICE
779
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POETRY OF IRENA KLEPFISZ
787
MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST
804
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ARMENIAN AND THE JEWISH LITERARY RESPONSES TO CATASTROPHE
814
THE FINE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
831
A DIALOGUE
841
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI S POSTHOLOCAUST ART
854
CONTRIBUTORS
871
INDEX
913
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JOHN K. ROTH is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has taught since 1966. In addition to his work as the vice chairman for Remembering for the Future 2000, Roth has served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and on the editorial board for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books and in 1988 Roth was named the United States National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

ELISABETH MAXWELL is Executive Chairman of RFTF 2000 and chaired the first Remembering for the Future conference in Oxford in 1988. A Former Vice-President of the ICCJ, she lectures widely on the Holocaust and Jewish-Christian relations in Europe and the USA.

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