Remembering and Forgetting: The Holocaust in 21st Century Britain
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Critchell, KaraAffiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2016-12-06
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This article explores the politics of Holocaust memorialization by examining the intersection of education, commemoration and national identity in 21st -century Britain since the inaugural Holocaust Memorial Day in 2001. The article shows how institutionalized spheres have intersected with contemporary cultural discourse surrounding questions of civic morality, immigration and the memory of other genocides. The main argument put forward is that the way in which the Holocaust has been indelibly associated with these issues has both implicitly and explicitly connected Holocaust discourse to contemporary debates on what constitutes British identity in the 21st century. The article also suggests that highly domesticated narratives of the period are often used to promote a self-congratulatory notion of British identity and supposed British exceptionalism.Citation
Critchell, K. (2016). Remembering and forgetting: the Holocaust in 21st century Britain. Quest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, (10), 23-59.Type
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10.48248/issn.2037-741X/813
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