The result of a research project conducted by Swedish scholars, this text examines interpretations and representations of the Holocaust in European societies, primarily focusing on the most recent decades. Using specific case studies, the articles in this anthology study how, when and why the collective memory of the Holocaust has been expressed and activated for cultural, economic, political and social reasons.

The collective work deals with the problems of if, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism should and could be situated within one coherent narrative. As historical phenomena, can Communism and Nazism fruitfully be compared to each other? Do they belong to the same historical contexts? Have they influenced, reacted to or learned from each other? Are they interpreted, represented and used together by posterity?The background of the book is twofold. One is ex...

Steven Spielbergs film Schindlers list är ett exempel på hur förintelsen av judar under andra världskriget använts i ett kulturellt sammanhang. Men är den systematiska utrensningen av judar ett bra exempel för den som vill förmedla lärdomar om det förflutna? Förändras vår förståelse av en av mänsklighetens värsta katastrofer när den blir fiktion?I boken Echoes of the Holocaust diskuterar de medverkande författarna hur man använt sig av förintelsen i olika sammanhang efter ...