The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory
2024-11-12
– 2024-11-12
09:30
– 11:00
- ONLINE
- English
It is our pleasure to invite you to another seminar in the Center for Research on Social Memory Seminar series. This time we will meet to discuss the newly published "The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory" (Wayne State University Press 2024) with Sarah Gensburger, Ido de Haan, Naum Trajanovski, and Zofia Wóycicka.
The seminar will take place online, 12 November at 9:30am CET.
Please register in order to participate: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/.../tJEocuutqzMuE9akT5zipuZeXdN...In the last two decades, the topic of help given Jews during the World War II has experienced an extraordinary boom in Europe and beyond. Stories of the rescuers have been adapted into books, films, public commemorations, and museums. Yet, emphasis on the uplifting narratives often obscures the history of violence and complicity with Nazi policies of persecution and mass murder. This roundtable will discuss the (mis)uses of the Righteous, deliberated in local, national, and transnational contexts. Starting point for the discussion is the edited volume The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory (Wayne State University Press, 2024). Participants of the debate will be Sarah Gensburger, Ido de Haan, Naum Trajanovski and Zofia Wóycicka.
