Holocaust Museums

Stephanie Shosh Rotem

doi:10.1017/9781108990172.021

Holocaust Museums

Stephanie Shosh Rotem

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Abstract

Museums, including Holocaust museums, display artifacts and other aspects of material culture in order to convey historical events in a manner that allows the visitor to experience them at various levels. The combination of didactic and narrative exhibits generates a sense of identification and empathy with the victims and offers visitors an emotional and even spiritual experience. Thus, Holocaust museums are located in an intermediate zone between the academic establishment and the popular media. Holocaust museums form an integral institution for forming and conveying Holocaust memory. Unavoidably, they are also shaped by the political cultures of their home countries. This chapter examines how different Holocaust museums have been constructed in different times and places to serve both a didactic function for Holocaust education and a political function in shaping contemporary culture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
Subtitle of host publication	Aftermath, Outcomes, Repercussions: Volume IV
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	446-466
Number of pages	21
Volume	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108990172
ISBN (Print)	9781108839396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990172.021
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Auschwitz–Birkenau State Museum
Holocaust
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Berlin)
Memorials
Memory
Museums
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem

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