Only a Beginning: The Sered' Holocaust Museum in Slovakia

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The Sered' Holocaust Memorial Museum is the only one of its kind in Slovakia. Located on the original site of the former labour and concentration camp, it tells the story of persecution, exploitation and murder of Slovak Jews during the war. While recognizing the difficulties of presenting the history of the Holocaust in Slovakia, this review reveals many shortcomings in the current permanent exhibition, which misses the chance of truly informing its visitors and raising critical historicalThe Sered' Holocaust Memorial Museum is the only one of its kind in Slovakia. Located on the original site of the former labour and concentration camp, it tells the story of persecution, exploitation and murder of Slovak Jews during the war. While recognizing the difficulties of presenting the history of the Holocaust in Slovakia, this review reveals many shortcomings in the current permanent exhibition, which misses the chance of truly informing its visitors and raising critical historical awareness.…

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Document Type:	Article
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.25626/0098
Creator and project details
Author:	Monika Vrzgulová GND
Editor:	Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:	Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):	Only a Beginning: The Sered' Holocaust Museum in Slovakia
Parent Title (English):	Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:	2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):	2020/02/18
Date of first Publication:	2019/05/16
Language:	English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:	9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:	Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:	Holocaust; Second World War; Sered; Slovakia; anti-Semitism; concentration camp; forced labour; memorial; museum
GND Keyword:	Slowakei; Múzeum holokaustu v Seredi; Judenvernichtung; Antisemitismus; Weltkrieg <1939-1945>
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File Size:	6376 KB
MIME-Type:	application/pdf
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Licence / Usage Agreement (German):	Urheberrechtlich geschützt

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