Israeli Holocaust Research: Birth and Evolution

by Boaz Cohen

Overview

An exploration of the development of Holocaust research in Israel, this book ranges from the consolidation of Holocaust research as an academic subject in the late 1940s to the establishment of Yad Vashem and beyond.

Research on the story of historiography is often a work on books, on the "final products" that fill academic bookshelves yet, in Israeli Holocaust Research, Boaz Cohen illustrates that the evolution of holocaust research in Israel has a more human element to it. Drawing on knowledge gained through seven years of work in ten major archives in Israel, the author reveals a previously unseen picture of the development of Israeli Holocaust research "from below," and of the social and cultural forces influencing its character. In doing so, a new facet to the picture emerges, of the story beyond the archive and the people who see Holocaust research as their mission and responsibility.

This book will be a fascinating addition to the study of Holocaust research and will be of particular interest to students of history, historiography and Jewish studies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136218828
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Boaz Cohen is the Head of the Holocaust Studies Programme of Western Galilee College.

Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: The Emergence of Holocaust Research: Background and Context 1. The Public Nature of Holocaust Research: Holocaust Consciousness in the Yishuv and Israeli Society from the End of WW2 (1945) to the Eichmann Trial (1961) Part 2: Forces Influencing Early Holocaust Research 2. Holocaust Survivors and Holocaust Research 3. Yad Vashem as a Zionist Research Institute: The Vision of Ben Zion Dinur 4. The Claims Conference and Yad Vashem Part 3: The Formative Years of Holocaust Research 5. Searching for Modesof Research and Teaching 6. First Efforts to Institutionalise Research and Teaching 7. Disputing the Essence of Holocaust Research 8. The 1960s: Maturation of Holocaust Research Part 4: Consolidation, Change and Controversy 9. Growth and Progress: Changes in the World of Israeli Holocaust Research and their Implications 10. The Agenda of Israeli Holocaust Research 11. Summary and Conclusions