L’historien, la mémoire et l’État
The author shows in her Israeli doctoral thesis due to be published as a work the key role played by the historians in her country since the development of Holocaust history – in spite of the fact that this role did not fit a wish to commemorate the Holocaust through the exclusive testimony of the s...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Français |
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2005
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The author shows in her Israeli doctoral thesis due to be published as a work the key role played by the historians in her country since the development of Holocaust history – in spite of the fact that this role did not fit a wish to commemorate the Holocaust through the exclusive testimony of the survivors, a policy in which Yad Vashem retained itself at a very early stage. Dinur did not act militantly when demanding a necessary critique of testimony, and appealing to the historical method, as well as recommending that the Holocaust should be inserted in a “longer view” – historical perception. The “Founding Father” did so, however, when trying to transform Israel into the political focal point of the Jewish people. Nevertheless, as far as the Holocaust is concerned, Dinur was more of an historian than a follower of the “Duty of Memory” doctrine. In 1959 he was therefore forced to resign his post as Yad Vashem President – a post which he was the first to occupy in the beginning of the 50s. |
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