National Policy, Global Memory: The Commemoration of the “Righteous” from Jerusalem to Paris, 1942-2007 (Berghahn Monographs in French Studies, #15)

by Sarah Gensburger

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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 national categories, the most prominent of which was the “Righteous of France,” honoring those who protected Jews during the Vichy regime. In National Policy, Global Memory, Sarah Gensburger uses this dramatic episode to lend a new perspective to debates over memory and nationhood. In particular, she works to combine two often divergent disciplines—memory studies and political science—to study “memory politics” as a form of public policy.

  • ISBN10 1785332554
  • ISBN13 9781785332555
  • Publish Date 1 July 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Berghahn Books