Polity and Changing of Holocaust Memory
Abstract
The concept of Holocaust memory hails from a past process, which sought to define the existence of the Holocaust in the years succeeding the tragedy, in various forms of commemorative exercises. The Holocaust museums, commemorative sites, and annual commemorative events formed the hallmark of these exercises.
This paper examines the nature of Holocaust Memory in the 21stCentury and itsÂ
relevancy as to public sentiment under current geopolitical realities. To begin with, it is a presupposition by the author that Holocaust shaped memory has shifted within world Jewry from what was at one time linked to variations of survivor testimonies and second and third generational syndromes toward newly embedded cultural sentiments that are related to a designed public memory, without linkage to specific events, people or places.
Along with the shifting of Holocaust Memory the Israeli State narrative has developed alternative mythologization, that serves the nation-state by inserting the notion of military might.
It is paramount that newly minted memory sets become identifiable and definable.Â
A mixture of Jewish religiosity along with Israeli statehood ideology largely drives the morphosis of this memory. While seemingly disconnected from geographic boundaries, it is linked to political sentiments, which are surprisingly similar in Israel and the Diaspora, and are seen as trending along Right vs. Left ideologies.
The objective of this work is to inform the public about a current configuration of Holocaust Memory that has evolved rather recently and is currently poorly defined in academic and social discourseReferences
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