The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning
- ISBN-10
- 0300053835
- ISBN-13
- 9780300053838
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 398
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01-01
- Author
- James Edward Young
Description
Explores Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel, and America and observes that every nation remembers the Holocaust according to that region's own traditions, ideals, and experiences.
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- 1994-01-01
- 398 pages
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- Yale University Press
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