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What is Lessons and Legacies about?

"In the courtroom and the classroom, in popular media, public policy, and scholarly pursuits, the Holocaust-its origins, its nature, and its implications-remains very much a matter of interest, debate, and controversy. Arriving at a time when a new generation must come to terms with the legacy of the Holocaust or forever lose the benefit of its historical, social, and moral lessons, this volume offers a richly varied, deeply informed perspective on the practice, interpretation, and direction of Holocaust research now and in the future. In their essays the authors-an international group including eminent senior scholars as well those who represent the future of the field-set the agenda for Holocaust studies in the coming years, even as they give readers the means for understanding today's news and views of the Holocaust, whether in court cases involving victims and perpetrators; international, national, and corporate developments; or fictional, documentary, and historical accounts. Several of the essays-such as one on nonarmed "amidah" or resistance and others on the role of gender in the behavior of perpetrators and victims-provide innovative and potentially significant interpretiv

Author

Lessons & Legacies Conference; Hayes, Peter, 1946-; Diefendorf, Jeffry M., 1945-; Herzog, Dagmar, 1961-; Holocaust Educational Foundation

Publisher

Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780810125391

Subjects

History, Humanities