History As It Happens Hollowing Out Holocaust Memory
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Is Holocaust memory over? Genocide scholars Dirk Moses and Omar McDoom discuss whether elite political and media classes are cheapening the lessons of history by invoking the Holocaust to justify Israel's destruction of Gaza. The emotional issue has led to strife on college campuses, media shouting matches, and craven political cowardice as Palestinian society was pummelled.
Dirk Moses teaches history at City College of New York. Omar McDoom is a political scientist at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Recommended reading:
Is Holocaust Memory Over? by Dirk Moses (The Diasporist)
It's Hamas' Fault, You're an Antisemite, and We Had No Choice: Techniques of Genocide Denial in Gaza by Omar McDoom (Journal of Genocide Research)
The Growing Rift Among Holocaust Scholars Over Israel/Palestine by Shira Klein (Journal of Genocide Research)
Introduction: Gaza and the Problems of Genocide Studies by Dirk Moses (Journal of Genocide Research)