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How can anybody in their right mind deny the reality of the Holocaust? You'd be surprised… Don't the horrific photographs of bodies piled high prove beyond a shadow of a doubt what went on in the death camps? But wait a second. In a court of law the burden of proof is on the accuser, and how often are clever defense lawyers able to twist and distort the evidence so that even respectable jurors are utterly confused? The fact is, proving the Holocaust isn't as easy as it sounds, and deniers abound in today's world. Find out how to confront them and how to drive home the plain truth!

This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects. While the first three parts of the book focus on "text," the broad nature of Polish Jewish history surrounding the Holocaust, the last section focuses on subtext, the personal and professional experiences of scholars who have devoted years to researching and writing about Polish Jewry. The beginning sections present a variety of case studies on wartime and postwar Polish Jews, drawing on new research and local history. The final part is a reflection on family memory, where scholars discuss their connections to Holocaust history and its impact on their current lives and research. Viewed together, the combination sheds light on both history and historians: the challenges of dealing with the history of an unparalleled cataclysm, and the personal questions and dilemmas that its study raises for many of the historians engaged in it. Holocaust History, Holocaust Memory is a unique resource that will appeal to students and scholars studying the Second World War, Jewish and Polish history, and family history.

This paper addresses Canada's first national monument to the Holocaust: the National Holocaust Monument (NHM) in Ottawa. I examine how public discourse surrounding the NHM constructs the Holocaust as a Canadian memory. Political spokespersons create connections between the Holocaust and Canadian history by drawing on themes of Canada's Allied role during the war, post-war Jewish immigration, and the narrative of None Is too Many. The discourse frames Canada as both a hero and villain in respect to the Holocaust. Whereas some nations seek to resolve such conflicting memories, Canadians seem content to remember their nation in both ways.

Der Band beschäftigt sich mit unterschiedlichen Formen der pädagogischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Holocaust – international bezeichnet als "Holocaust Education" – an unterschiedlichen Orten, in verschiedenen Ländern und bezogen auf unterschiedliche Adressatengruppen. Eine zentrale Fragestellung hierbei lautet, wie im 21. Jahrhundert der Holocaust pädagogisch noch zum Thema werden kann, wenn es hierfür immer weniger möglich ist, auf die direkte Begegnung mit Zeitzeugen zurückzugreifen. Mit unterschiedlicher Schwerpunktsetzung wird das Ziel der Holocaust Education von den Autorinnen und Autoren als ein doppeltes gesehen: die Aufklärung über das singuläre Menschheitsverbrechen Holocaust und die Stärkung humaner Haltungen im Blick auf Menschenrechte und deren Verletzungen in der Gegenwart. This volume is concerned with different forms of the educational coming to grips with the Holocaust – internationally referred to as "Holocaust Education" – at different places, in different countries, and with respect to different target groups. A central issue is the question of how education can address the Holocaust in the 21st century when it becomes less and less possible to have a direct encounter with eyewitnesses. Emphasizing different aspects, the contributors view the aim of Holocaust Education as a double one: to enlighten people about the Holocaust as a singular crime against humanity, and to strengthen in them a positive attitude towards human rights in the present.