Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania
This article is a re-evaluation of the Holocaust memory in the contemporary Romanian society. It shows that from its inception, Romania’s nation-building process went hand in hand with antisemitism. Furthermore, it points out that after 1989 the country’s sense of frustration at its communist past...
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| description | This article is a re-evaluation of the Holocaust memory in the contemporary Romanian society. It shows that from its inception, Romania’s nation-building process went hand in hand with antisemitism. Furthermore, it points out that
after 1989 the country’s sense of frustration at its communist past managed to obscure the memory of the Holocaust. Despite Romania’s government recognition of the country’s involvement in the Holocaust (2004), a
wholehearted acknowledgement of the issue remains improbable at the general level of Romania’s society. A new law to counteract Holocaust denial was adopted in Romania in 2015. However, the country has proved ever since
that it has barely come to terms with its historical legacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a86964bfd7546929a543b11783ddcdd2023-02-15T10:44:00ZdeuEditura ARCPlural: History, Culture, Society2345-12622345-184X2022-12-011025884https://doi.org/10.37710/plural.v10i2_3Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist RomaniaValeria CHELARU0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4845-8881Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaThis article is a re-evaluation of the Holocaust memory in the contemporary Romanian society. It shows that from its inception, Romania’s nation-building process went hand in hand with antisemitism. Furthermore, it points out that after 1989 the country’s sense of frustration at its communist past managed to obscure the memory of the Holocaust. Despite Romania’s government recognition of the country’s involvement in the Holocaust (2004), a wholehearted acknowledgement of the issue remains improbable at the general level of Romania’s society. A new law to counteract Holocaust denial was adopted in Romania in 2015. However, the country has proved ever since that it has barely come to terms with its historical legacy.https://plural.upsc.md/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/03_CHELARU.pdfromanian holocaustpost-communismtransnistrianationalismantisemitism |
| spellingShingle | Valeria CHELARU Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania Plural: History, Culture, Society romanian holocaust post-communism transnistria nationalism antisemitism |
| title | Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania |
| title_full | Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania |
| title_fullStr | Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania |
| title_short | Tradition, Nationalism and Holocaust Memory: Reassessing Antisemitism in Post-Communist Romania |
| title_sort | tradition nationalism and holocaust memory reassessing antisemitism in post communist romania |
| topic | romanian holocaust post-communism transnistria nationalism antisemitism |
| url | https://plural.upsc.md/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/03_CHELARU.pdf |
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