The Holocaust and French Historical Culture, 1945-65

Paris was home to one of the key European initiatives to document and commemorate the Holocaust, the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine . By analysing the earliest Holocaust narratives and their reception in France, this study provides a new understanding of the institutional development of Holocaust remembrance in France after the War.

Auteur
Johannes Heuman is Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre in Uppsala, Sweden and the Centre Alberto-Benveniste in Paris, France. He specialises in modern French history.

Contenu

1. Introduction 2. French-Jewish Relations and Historical Culture 3. Nationalisation and Isolation 4. Europeanisation and Historicisation 5. Universalisation and Global Remembrance 6. The Holocaust Enters French Historical Culture 7. Concluding Discussion