Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948–1994)

Roni Mikel-Arieli

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State

Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948–1994)

Roni Mikel-Arieli

Volume 10 in the series New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110715545

About this book

The lens of apartheid-era Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust in South Africa reveals the fascinating transformation of a diasporic community. Through the prism of Holocaust memory, this book examines South African Jewry and its ambivalent position as a minority within the privileged white minority. Grounded in research in over a dozen archives, the book provides a rich empirical account of the centrality of Holocaust memorialization to the community’s ongoing struggle against global and local antisemitism. Most of the chapters focus on white perceptions of the Holocaust and reveals the tensions between the white communities in the country regarding the place of collective memories of suffering in the public arena. However, the book also moves beyond an insular focus on the South African Jewish community and in very different modality investigates prominent figures in the anti-apartheid struggle and the role of Holocaust memory in their fascinating journeys towards freedom.

Author / Editor information

Roni Mikel-Arieli, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction: Holocaust Memory in Apartheid South Africa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Nazism, Afrikaner Nationalism and the ‘Jewish Question’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2 Memory Engraved in Stone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 3 The Holocaust on Trial – Eichmann in Pretoria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Chapter 4 Censoring the Holocaust under Apartheid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Chapter 5 Anne Frank in South Africa – Between the Communal and the National Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter 6 Holocaust Memory in the Lexicon of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Chapter 7 Holocaust Memory in Ahmed Kathrada’s Struggle against Apartheid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Conclusion: On the Role of Analogies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Archives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians of the Cold War, Jewish Studies Scholars, African Studies Scholars, Public Historians
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 249
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
Keywords: Holocaust; South Africa; apartheid; memory; Israel; antisemitism; Zionism; Jews; racism

eBook

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110715545

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110715255

Paperback

Published: June 17, 2024
ISBN: 9783111521404

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