Oren Baruch Stier, Holocaust Icons. Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory
Anne Frank… railway cars… “Arbeit Macht Frei”… six million: that all these four terms are in some way related to the Holocaust and not merely arbitrarily put together, should be more or less self-understood. Oren Baruch Stier views them as Holocaust icons. Keeping in mind the original usage of the...
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2021
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Anne Frank… railway cars… “Arbeit Macht Frei”… six million: that all these four terms are in some way related to the Holocaust and not merely arbitrarily put together, should be more or less self-understood. Oren Baruch Stier views them as Holocaust icons. Keeping in mind the original usage of the term “icon”, which refers to an image or object that evokes “contemplation and veneration” (10), it is remarkable how the event of the Holocaust has given way to the “iconization” of objects that a... |
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