Essays about: "Holocaust"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the word Holocaust.
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21. The EU Memory Framework and Memory Politics of the Baltic States: from Transitional to Transnational Memory Memory
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : The research investigates the role of the European Union in establishing a common European historical memory. It assumes the comparative dimension by taking the case of politics of memory in the Baltic states. READ MORE
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22. Memorializing Babyn Yar : Politics of Memory and Commemoration of the Holocaust in Ukraine
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudierAbstract : Recently in the West, interest in the memory of the Holocaust considered as a commonly shared dark past has increased. In Ukraine the commemoration of the Holocaust is affected by the ongoing nation-building process, with a focus on the collective memories of the Holodomor (the Famine of 1932-1933) and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). READ MORE
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23. Teaching the Holocaust with survivor testimonies. : Survivor testimonies and the absence of victims’ voices in Uruguayan and Argentinian syllabi and textbooks on the Holocaust.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this research is to analyse whether the educational materials available to teachers of history at secondary level in Uruguay and Argentina, are appropriate for the objective of teaching the Holocaust through the emotional engagement of students with the content. More specifically, I argue that witness testimonies, when they are included in the materials and used as providers of meaning and insight, in complement to the historian narratives and not merely as decoration, have the potential to produce effective and durable learning through emotional engagement. READ MORE
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24. Male Rape in Auschwitz? : An Exploration of the Dynamics of Kapo-PiepelSexual Violence in KL Auschwitz during the Holocaust
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : Male-male sexual violence during the Holocaust is under-researched. Despite being a widespread occurrence in the Nazi concentration camps, very few accounts from primary sources are available of the sexual violence perpetrated against the Piepel: male Jewish children, adolescents, and young adults, by male Kapos or senior prisoner functionaries. READ MORE
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25. Let Our Voices Also Be Heard : Memory Pluralism in Latvian Museums About World War II and the Post-War Period
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : The decades following the fall of the Soviet Union have seen drastic changes in society and culture within Europe. The desire to create a unified, pan-European historical narrative has been challenged by the expansion of the European Union. READ MORE
