The Holocaust Ethos in the 21st Century. Dilemmas and Challenges
The contributions to this volume on the ethos of the
Holocaust in the 21st century, and the dilemmas and challenges of Holocaust education, represent a wealth of experience based on studies conducted by scholars from Israel and beyond. Each offers a unique perspective on this issue.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section I: Holocaust Instruction in Israel and Worldwide –
An International Perspective on Holocaust Instruction and conveyance
The Role of the Holocaust in Jewish Identity
and Memory // Yair Auron
Teaching Civics and Instilling Democratic Values in
High School Students Particularist (Jewish and Israeli)
and Universal Aspects of Formal and Informal
Interdisciplinary Curricula // Nitza Davidovitch & Dan Soen
Teaching the Holocaust in Elementary Schools
in Israel: A Review // Batya Brutin
Teaching about the Holocaust with the Aid
of Visual Arts // Batya Brutin
Representation of “Holocaust and Heroism” in the IDF:
“Bamachane” Army Newspaper and IDF Archival
Documents 1948–1973 // Lea Ganor
Constructing the Memory – The Case of the Polish
Peoples’ Republic and the United States
of America // Anna Sommer Schneider & Hadar Hazan
The Holocaust Memory and Education in Germany –
Then and Now // Hadar Hazan & Florian Voigtländer
The Past in Transition – Conveyance of the Holocaust on
the Internet – General Remarks // Marek Kaźmierczak
The Holocaust in the Ultra-Orthodox Press –
Attitude of the Ultra-Orthodox Press to the
Holocaust, as a Measure of the Conflict over Shaping
the Past // Ada Klein
Learning about Meaningful Life as a Way of Coping with Situations
of Stress and Anxiety: – The second Generation Holocaust
Survivors // Yael Wilchek-Aviad & Diana Cohenca-Shiby
The Jewish Image of Poland. Paradise or Hell? //
Waldemar Szczerbinski
Section II: The Trips to Holocaust Sites – Challenges and Dilemmas
Israeli Youth Pilgrimages to Poland: Rationale and
Polemics // Dan Soen & Nitza Davidovitch
Youth Trips to Poland – A Case Study of the Israeli Youth
Movement Model // Dan Soen, Nitza Davidovitch &
Hadar Hazan
“Witnesses in Uniform” – IDF Delegations to Poland:
Education or Indoctrination? // Nitza Davidovitch,
Amir Haskel, & Dan Soen
“Remember Forever!” Israeli Trips to the Valley of Death in
Poland – Three Settings, Three Lessons // Dan Soen &
Nitza Davidovitch
Rethinking School Trips to Auschwitz. A Case Study
of Italian Memorial Trains: Deterioration of Holocaust
Pedagogy? // Laura Fontana
The Challenges of Holocaust Instruction and
Remembrance – Particular and Universal Aspects in
Formal and Informal Interdisciplinary Curricula in Israel
and Abroad // Nitza Davidovitch, Anat Chaskalovic,
Dan Soen & Olivier Lalieu
Section III: The Holocaust and New Anti-Semitism
Holocaust Education and Anti-Semitism in Western Countries //
Zehavit Gross
Continuing to Distort the Holocaust: 2009–2011 //
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Antisemitism: Precursors to the Holocaust and Threats
of an Islamic-Initiated Holocaust // Noah Milgram
Section IV: Future Challenges of Holocaust Teaching
Teaching the Holocaust in the 21st Century – Conveying
Holocaust Consciousness and Heritage // Hanna Yaoz
The Ethos of Dialoguing in the Shoah Landscape //
Annamaria Orla-Bukowska
Conclusion – Remembrance Originates from Within //
Nitza Davidovich, Dan Soen & Lili Haber
Epilogue: Who Will Tell The Story?
About the Authors