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245 00 Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bWayne State 
       University Press,|c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
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520    The Holocaust is often invoked as a benchmark for talking 
       about human rights abuses from slavery and apartheid to 
       colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Western 
       educators and politicians draw seemingly obvious lessons 
       of tolerance and anti-racism from the Nazi past, and their
       work rests on the implicit assumption that Holocaust 
       education and commemoration will expose the dangers of 
       prejudice and promote peaceful coexistence. Holocaust 
       Memory and Racism in the Postwar World, edited by Shirli 
       Gilbert and Avril Alba, challenges the notion that there 
       is an unproblematic connection between Holocaust memory 
       and the discourse of anti-racism. Through diverse case 
       studies, this volume historicizes how the Holocaust has 
       shaped engagement with racism from the 1940s until the 
       present, demonstrating that contemporary assumptions are 
       neither obvious nor inevitable. Holocaust Memory and 
       Racism in the Postwar World is divided into four sections.
       The first section focuses on encounters between Nazism and
       racism during and immediately after World War II, 
       demonstrating not only that racist discourses and politics
       persisted in the postwar period, but also, perhaps more 
       importantly, that few people identified links with Nazi 
       racism. The second section explores Jewish motivations for
       participating in anti-racist activism, and the varying 
       memories of the Holocaust that informed their work. The 
       third section historicizes the manifold ways in which the 
       Holocaust has been conceptualized in literary settings, 
       exploring efforts to connect the Holocaust and racism in 
       geographically, culturally, and temporally diverse 
       settings. The final section brings the volume into the 
       present, focusing on contemporary political causes for 
       which the Holocaust provides a benchmark for racial 
       equality and justice. Together, the contributions 
       delineate the complex history of Holocaust memory, 
       recognize its contingency, and provide a foundation from 
       which to evaluate its moral legitimacy and political and 
       social effectiveness. Holocaust Memory and Racism in the 
       Postwar World is intended for students and scholars of 
       Holocaust and genocide studies, professionals working in 
       museums and heritage organizations, and anyone interested 
       in building on their knowledge of the Holocaust and the 
       discourse of racism. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Anti-racism|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Anti-racism|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)|xInfluence. 
650  0 Racism|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Racism|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  7 HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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700 1  Gilbert, Shirli,|eeditor. 
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