Introduction to the Open File |
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| Authors: | Zehavit Gross E Doyle Stevick |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel;(2) College of Education, University of South Carolina, 318 Wardlaw Hall, Columbia, SC 29208, USA |
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| Abstract: | Sixty-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust education is at a critical juncture. Societies including Germany
and Israel have moved through several discrete stages both in their relationships to the Holocaust, and in education about
it. Those shifts will surely continue as the generation of survivors is progressively lost to the passage of time, taking
with them our most powerful links to history, memory, and understanding. This special issue explores Holocaust education research,
and locates it within our evolving understanding of the Holocaust itself, particularly in light of what is being learned within
Central and Eastern Europe, where so many of the atrocities were committed. This introduction considers the potential of Holocaust
education as well as its limitations, and the risks of its failure. It also considers the contexts in which Holocaust education
takes place, and the meanings that are at work in those contexts. While many goals and visions animate Holocaust education,
here we explore the notion of a culture of peace and remembrance. We close with a review of the contributions to this issue. |
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