Shirli Gilbert is professor of modern history and
director of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at
the University of Southampton. She is the author of Music in the
Holocaust and From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of
the Holocaust (Wayne State University Press, 2017).
Avril Alba is senior lecturer in Holocaust Studies
and Jewish Civilization at the University of Sydney. She is the
author of The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space and
the curator of several major exhibitions including The Holocaust at
the Sydney Jewish Museum in 2017.
A clear contribution to the sociology of racism and racial
discrimination in the modern era.--Sanford R. Silverburg
"Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews"
An inspiring and challenging book which compellingly links
Holocaust memory and racism in the postwar world. Not afraid of
tackling big and complex issues, the authors show how different
understandings of Nazi genocide shaped responses to problems of
'race', not always in ways one might expect. Highly
recommended.--Dan Stone "Royal Holloway, University of London"
Readers will find this book a thoughtful first step for
investigating whether a global Holocaust memory exists and, if so,
the uses to which it has been put.--J. Kleiman "CHOICE"
The book's main achievement is its challenge of a powerful
discourse that links Holocaust memory with moral
superiority.--Katrin Antweiler "Kult Online"
The experience of reading this book is, in some sense, an encounter
with the sort of "radical otherness" Bashir and Goldberg talk
about. To put it mildly, it's an unconventional way of looking at
the Holocaust and its various consequences. This is not the kind of
book you can curl up with and get caught in its sweeping narrative.
There is, after all, no one narrative. And, that is the point.--G.
Cyrus Pacht "Jewish Herald-Voice"
Together, the contributions delineate the complex history of
Holocaust memory, recognize its contingency, and provide a
foundation from which to evaluate its moral legitimacy and
political and social effectiveness.--Willis M. Buhle "Midwest Book
Review"
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