In this provocative work, Alvin H. Rosenfeld contends that the
proliferation of books, films, television programs, museums, and
public commemorations related to the Holocaust has, perversely,
brought about a diminution of its meaning and a denigration of its
memory. Investigating a wide range of events and cultural
phenomena, such as Ronald Reagan's 1985 visit to the German
cemetery at Bitburg, the distortions of Anne Frank's story, and the
ways in which the Holocaust has been depicted by such artists and
filmmakers as Judy Chicago and Steven Spielberg, Rosenfeld charts
the cultural forces that have minimized the Holocaust in popular
perceptions. He contrasts these with sobering representations by
Holocaust witnesses such as Jean Amery, Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel,
and Imre Kertesz. The book concludes with a powerful warning about
the possible consequences of "the end of the Holocaust" in public
consciousness."
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