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The Future of Holocaust Studies


(Jewish Political Studies Review) Johannes Houwink ten Cate - Holocaust awareness has become a worldwide phenomenon. Among long-term trends in the field of Holocaust studies are the universalization of victimhood and the extension of the circle of perpetrators. Other trends include Holocaust history as local history, the integration of perpetrator and victim histories, and the explanation of perpetrator behavior in ideological terms. A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at the University of Amsterdam, Houwink ten Cate worked as a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation from 1985 to 2002.
2010-04-09 09:25:54
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