Battle for the Holocaust

Battle for the Holocaust | After Auschwitz | The misuse of memory
Where they stand | Rough justice or exploitation?

Holocaust Memorial, Buchenwald

This section of The Holocaust website raises controversial questions about the world's perception of the Nazi extermination.

Historians look at how our understanding of the catastrophe has changed since World War II, and ask whose interests are served by the proliferation of museums and commemoration events. The painful and sensitive conflict over the distribution of money in reparation to those who survived the Holocaust is also explored.

• After Auschwitz
  How the interpretation of the Holocaust has changed over the decades
• Misuse of memory
  A plea for an ethics of remembering
• Where they stand
  Three commentators on the Holocaust
• Rough justice or exploitation?
  The controversial and sensitive debate over Holocaust reparations

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