National Policy, Global Memory : : The Commemoration of the “Righteous” from Jerusalem to Paris, 1942-2007 / / Sarah Gensburger.

Since 1963, the state of Israel has awarded the title of “Righteous among the Nations” to individuals who risked their lives sheltering Jews during the Holocaust. This distinction remained solely an Israeli initiative until the late 1990s, when European governments began developing their own nationa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 15
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION From “The Righteous among the Nations” to the “Righteous of France”
  • Chapter 1 MEMORY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY?
  • Chapter 2 MEMORY ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FRENCH SPACE
  • Chapter 3 MEMORY PUBLIC POLICY AND TRANSFERS
  • Chapter 4 THE NATIONAL DAY AS A PUBLIC POLICY INSTRUMENT
  • Chapter 5 SOCIAL NORMS AND MEMORIAL CATEGORIES
  • Chapter 6 MEMORY POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS
  • EPILOGUE The “Righteous of France” in the Pantheon
  • CONCLUSION Memory Politics as Public Policy
  • APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGY AND CORPUS
  • APPENDIX B Detailed References of Official Texts
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX