Thinking about the Holocaust: After Half a Century

..". stimulating and important anthology..." -- Holocaust andGenocide Studies

..". a useful and competent volume that can serveas a good introduction to scholarship on the aftermath of the Holocaust." -- TimesLiterary Supplement

More than 50 years after the end of World WarII, how do we look back upon and understand the nature and consequences of thatcata

..". stimulating and important anthology..." -- Holocaust andGenocide Studies

..". a useful and competent volume that can serveas a good introduction to scholarship on the aftermath of the Holocaust." -- TimesLiterary Supplement

More than 50 years after the end of World WarII, how do we look back upon and understand the nature and consequences of thatcatastrophic event? What kind of historical consciousness has developed over thepast half century with respect to the Nazi destruction of European Jewry? Thesequestions are explored by a distinguished international group of scholars who drawon history, literature, memory, memorials, and the representation of the Holocaustin the culture to assess the impact of the Holocaust on postwarconsciousness.