Title Holocaust angst : the Federal Republic of Germany and American Holocaust memory since the 1970s / Jacob S. Eder

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) Contents Holocaustomania: West German diplomats and American Holocaust memorial culture in the late 1970s -- A "Holocaust syndrome"? Relations between the Federal Republic and American Jewish organizations in the 1980s -- Confronting the "anti-German museum": West Germany and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1979-1993 -- Politicians, professors, and the politics of German history in the American academy from the 1970s to 1990 -- The transformation of Holocaust memory in unified Germany, 1990-1998 -- Holocaust angst and the universalization of the Holocaust Summary In an innovative approach, Holocaust Angst explores how Germans perceived and reacted to how Americans publicly commemorated the Holocaust. It argues that a network of mostly conservative West German officials and their associates in private organizations and foundations, with Chancellor Kohl located at its center, perceived themselves as the ""victims"" of the afterlife of the Holocaust in America. They were concerned that public manifestations of Holocaust memory, such as museums, monuments, and movies, could severely damage the Federal Republic's reputation and even cause Americans to quest Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Holocaust (Television program) -- Influence Holocaust (Television program) fast Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Foreign public opinion, German Memorialization -- United States -- Foreign public opinion, German Public opinion -- Germany (West) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography. Antisemitism -- Germany (West) Memorialization -- United States HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Antisemitism Ethnic relations Historiography Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Memorialization Public opinion Public opinion, German Judenvernichtung Öffentliche Meinung Kollektives Gedächtnis Transnationale Politik Geschichtsbewusstsein SUBJECT Germany (West) -- Ethnic relations Subject Germany (West) United States Deutschland Bundesrepublik USA Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190237851 0190237856 9780190237837 019023783X 9780190237844 0190237848

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