Dutch commentators repeatedly claim that their nation has forgotten its violent colonial past. In this compelling study, however, Paul Bijl demonstrates that photographs of colonial atrocities have appeared consistently in the Dutch public sphere and remain widely available in print, on television, and online. The nation, he argues, has not forgotten; rather, the Dutch have failed to absorb the meaning ...

Uitgereikt ter gelegenheid van de 40-jarige herdenking van onze bevrijding op 13 april 1945 en de tentoonstelling "Daar komen de Canadezen". (Bij warenhuis Vanderveen 13 april 1985). [12] p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm

"This work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while centering around fundamental question of whether these new forms of memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or forgetting of the experience of war, as well as what implications this process may have for the continuation of the modern nation state"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical ...

Met literatuuropgaven.

Planning guide accompanied by February, 1992 draft of lesson plans. xii, 280 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm

Mer adressenlijst. 52 pagina's : illustraties, foto's ; 24 cm.

Cover title. 356 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

"April 11-13, 1983." 52 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Drie foto's van de plechtigheid bij de 'Shrine of Remembrance', Saint Kilda Road, Melbourne, ter gelegenheid van de afloop van de oorlog. Steeds publiek op de achtergrond. Opnamen 16 augustus 1945. 1. stafchef Van Straaten in het publiek tijdens de plechtigheid 2. Kommer, marine-officier, met de Chinese marine-attaché, kapitein Chih Kuang Wang tijdens de plechtigheid -3. Van Straaten en de Nederlandse ...

Includes bibliographical references. xi, 126 pages ; 24 cm.

A history of the Bełżec death camp, based largely on testimonies of former perpetrators, residents of the village of Bełżec, Poles who were engaged there in construction work and transportation, and a few Jewish and Gypsy survivors. The first Nazi camps in this area were labor camps established in 1940 for the construction of a fortification line along the new German-Soviet border. Construction of ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index. xii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

A history of the Treblinka camp, based largely on accounts of eyewitnesses - Jewish survivors, German and Ukrainian perpetrators, and Polish bystanders. Some of the accounts were obtained by Chocholáty, who interviewed survivors in the early 2000s. Other accounts were taken from testimonies at war crimes trials, memoirs, and wartime reports by Polish members of the resistance. Discusses the construction ...

19 p. ill.

Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical ...

Commemorating the Holocaust reveals how and why the Holocaust came to play a prominent role in French and Italian political culture in the period after the end of the Cold War. By charting the development of official, national Holocaust commemorations in France and Italy, Rebecca Clifford explains why the wartime persecution of Jews, a topic ignored or marginalized in political discourse through much ...

47 bl. : ill. ; 30 cm

Consists of one memoir entitled "Chapters of Remembrance: The Memoirs of Michal Lubliner, Volume I, 1905-1945," translated from the original Yiddish into English by Dr. Jacob (Coby) Lubliner, the author's son. In the memoir, Mr. Lubliner describes his childhood in Maleniec, Poland, religious figures he knew, Hasidic life, and the outbreak of World War I. The family escaped to Piotrków to join family, ...

35 pages ; 18 cm

"What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are not fixed; they change over time, and Jay Winter's panoramic history of war and memory offers an unprecedented study of transformations in our imaginings of war, from 1914 to the present. He reveals the ways in which different creative arts have framed ...

Contains a compilation of memoirs by survivors, members of the second generation, and others responses to the Holocaust.