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The Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sacred Secular Space

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Avril Alba

    1. University of Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: The Holocaust and its Contexts (HOLC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Holocaust Memorial Museum: A Built Theodicy

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 6-39

  4. Negative Epiphany: From Sinai to Washington

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 40-88

  5. From Tent to Temple: Resurrection in Jerusalem

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 89-134

  6. A Redeemer Cometh: The Survivor in the Space

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 135-185

  7. Conclusion: The Return of Myth to History

    • Avril Alba
    Pages 186-196

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 197-252
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About this book

The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory.

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“Alba’s book is an outstanding contribution to the discussion of what can and ought to follow the imminent arrival of the post-participant stage in Holocaust memorialization.” (Arthur Shostak, The European Legacy, Vol. 22 (5), March, 2017) 

"Meticulous international research, thoughtfully nuanced interpretation, lucid and penetrating writing these qualities distinguish Avril Alba's groundbreaking comparative study of major Holocaust museums in Australia, Israel, and the United States. A rising star in Holocaust studies, Alba probes and tests the meanings that these 'sacred secular spaces' ascribe to the Shoah. The results are as poignant and gripping as they are significant and challenging." - John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Avril Alba

About the author

Avril Alba is Lecturer in Holocaust Studies and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Sydney, Australia. From 2002-2011 she was the Education Director at the Sydney Jewish Museum where she also served as the Project Director/Curator for the refurbishment of the Sydney Jewish Museum's permanent exhibition 'Culture and Continuity'. She teaches, researches and consults in the areas of Holocaust representation, Jewish and museum studies.

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