The Evolving Narrative of the Holocaust Memory in Israel
Holocaust Remembrance Day, which comes upon us soon, is a time to reflect on the darkest tragedy of the Jewish people in the modern age (and some would say in all of history).
Holocaust Remembrance Day, which comes upon us soon, is a time to reflect on the darkest tragedy of the Jewish people in the modern age (and some would say in all of history).
“Why don’t they want us? Why is there so much hospitality towards us”; asks Edith, a refugee from the Holocaust living in England.
Deborah Lipstad transports her readers back in time to Jerusalem sixteen years after May 8, 1945 V-E Day and the end of the Shoah, and thirteen years after May 14, 1948 when Israel became an independent state.
by Peter Shapiro
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