The Holocaust and French Historical Culture, 1945–65 [electronic resource] /
Heuman, Johannes.author.
Paris was home to one of the key European initiatives to document and commemorate the Holocaust, the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine . By analysing the earliest Holocaust narratives and their reception in France, this study provides a new understanding of the institutional development of Holocaust remembrance in France after the War.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 French-Jewish Relations and Historical Culture; 3 Nationalisation and Isolation; 4 Europeanisation and Historicisation; 5 Universalisation and Global Remembrance; 6 The Holocaust Enters French Historical Culture; 7 Concluding Discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Paris was home to one of the key European initiatives to document and commemorate the Holocaust, the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine . By analysing the earliest Holocaust narratives and their reception in France, this study provides a new understanding of the institutional development of Holocaust remembrance in France after the War.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Civilization—History.
Europe—History.
World War, 1939-1945.
France—History.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Cultural History.
European History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of France.
Modern History.
History of Military.