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Why do we attach so much value to sites of Holocaust memory, if all
we ever encounter are fragments of a past that can never be fully
comprehended? David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche
Schouwburg, a former theater in Amsterdam used for the registration
and deportation of nearly 50,000 Jews, fell into disrepair after
World War II before it became the first Holocaust memorial museum
of the Netherlands. Fragments of the Holocaust: The Amsterdam
Hollandsche Schouwburg as a Site of Memory combines a detailed
historical study of the postwar period of this site with a critical
analysis of its contemporary presentation by placing it within
international debates concerning memory, emotionally fraught
heritage and museum studies. A case is made for the continued
importance of the Hollandsche Schouwburg and other comparable
sites, arguing that these will remain important in the future as
indexical fragments where new generations can engage with the
memory of the Holocaust on a personal and affective level.
The Hollandsche Schouwburg is a former theatre in Amsterdam where,
during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, tens of thousands of
Jews were assembled before being deported to transit and
concentration camps. Before the war, the theatre had been an
example of Jewish integration in the Netherlands, and after the war
it became a memorial for the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.
This book is the first international publication to address all the
historical aspects of the site, putting it in a broader European
and historical context.
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