Collective memory, fractured meanings
JVL Introduction
In an insightful and thought-provoking essay published on Holocaust Memorial Day, Julia Bard reflects on cultural memory in this Morning Star .
In it Bard looks particularly at Nathan Rapoport’s memorial in Warsaw to the Ghetto Uprising, unveiled in April 1948.
She explains how this monument has been the focus of a struggle between the imposition of a singular interpretation of the Holocaust and interactive, dynamic interpretations that shine a light on other traumas and persecutions, and in turn are enlightened by them.
And she concludes: “On this Holocaust Memorial Day, in the midst of the pandemic and against the backdrop of the renewed challenge to power by Black Lives Matter, we urgently need to open ourselves to enlightenment by different histories and experiences.”
This article was originally published by the Morning Star on Wed 27 Jan 2021. Read the original here.
Collective memory, fractured meanings
There has been a tendency to impose a singular interpretation of the Holocaust and the history of Jewish persecution – yet more dynamic interpretations can shine a valuable light on other traumas and oppressions, argues JULIA BARD
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really interesting article. thank you
Thought-provoking.
Yes, very interesting and thought-provoking, thank you.