Title: Never too late to remember : the politics behind New York City's Holocaust Museum /
Authors: Saidel, Rochelle G.
Publisher: Holmes & Meier,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Museums New York (State) New York.; Jews United States Politics and government.; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government; New York (State) Politics and government
Abstract: Why has New York City, the largest center of Jewish culture and home to more survivors than any other city in the United States, taken more than half a century to begin implementing plans for its Holocaust memorial? Because the process of memorializing of any historical event, Rochelle Saidel explains, is inevitably political, and she gives a detailed analysis of how various groups within the American Jewish community, local power brokers, real estate developers, and.
Contents: Introduction: Where Is New York City's Holocaust Memorial Museum? -- Ch. 1. The American Jewish Community's Emergence as an Interest Group -- Ch. 2. Memory of the Holocaust as an Issue in the American Jewish Community -- Ch. 3. Early Attempts To Create a New York City Holocaust Memorial -- Ch. 4. Memorial Plans Change with the Political Climate -- Ch. 5. The Holocaust Memorial Endeavor Continues -- Ch. 6. The Players Change but Still No Progress -- Ch. 7. Holocaust Memorialization on the U.S. Government's Agenda -- Ch. 8. Mayor Koch's Holocaust Memorial Task Force -- Ch. 9. The New York City Holocaust Memorial Commission -- Ch. 10. Governor Cuomo Intervenes -- Ch. 11. The Holocaust Museum as a Real Estate Deal -- Ch. 12. New York State as a Fickle Landlord -- Ch. 13. More Steps Backward and Forward -- Ch. 14. Internal Power Struggles and Conflicts -- Ch. 15. Why Is This Holocaust Museum Different from All Others? -- Ch. 16. A Holocaust Memorial for New York City -- Fifty Years and Counting.