Fragments of the Holocaust

David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche Schouwburg, a former theatre in Amsterdam used for the registration and deportation of nearly 50,000 Jews, became a memorial museum, and how it will continue to be a meaningful site for future generations.

Auteur

Dr. David Duindam is a memory and heritage scholar at the University of Amsterdam. He is lecturer at the department of Literary and Cultural Analysis and member of the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture.

Contenu

Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Sites of Memory 1. Performing Memory and the Remediation of the Past 2. Remnants of the Past: Heritage and the Museum 3. The Spatial and Performative Character of Urban Memory Chapter 2: The Construction of an In Situ Memorial Site: Framing Painful Heritage 1. National Framing and Silent Memories: The Persecution of the Jews as Part of Collective Suffering 2. Honoring the memory of victims: pride and national debt 3. Addressing Painful Heritage: Representation and Appropriation Chapter 3: The Performance of Memory: The Making of a Memorial Museum 1. Place-Making and Spatial Narratives: Early Commemorations 2. A Public Memorial 3. Yom HaShoah as a Dutch-Jewish Commemoration 4. From Memorial to Memorial Museum Chapter 4: The Fragmented Memorial Museum: Indexicality and Self-Inscription 1. The In Situ Memorial Museum: Mediation and Latent Indexicality 2. Conflicting Scripts, Routing and Self-Exhibition 3. Performing the Site: Walking and Self-Inscription Chapter 5: The Proliferation of Spatial Memory: Borders, Façades and Dwellings 1. Proliferation and Demarcation of Sites of Memory 2. The Façade and the Passerby: Dissonance and Interaction 3. The House as Index, the House as Dwelling: Collaborative Memory Projects Epilogue Summary Samenvatting Previous publications and co-authorship Acknowledgements Bibliography