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Tables of Contents for Preserving Memory
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface: Violence and the American Landscape
ix
Acknowledgments
xix
Introduction
1
4
Locating Holocaust Memory in American Culture
5
12
Chapter One
17
40
The Decision to Remember
17
35
Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The President's Commission on the Holocaust
20
18
Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The United States Holocaust Memorial Council
38
14
Summary Reflections: The Volatility of Holocaust Memory
52
5
Chapter Two
57
52
The Site of Holocaust Memory
57
15
Building Holocaust Memory
72
37
Chapter Three
109
58
Embryonic Thoughts: The Commission's Museum
109
5
Beginnings: 1980-87
114
19
The End of the Wiesel Era and Beyond
133
7
Jeshajahu ``Shaike'' Weinberg and the Changing Nature of the Permanent Exhibition
140
27
Chapter Four
167
88
Interior Space: The Mood of Memory
168
3
Personalizing the Story: Faces and Artifacts
171
21
Enduring Issues: Shaping the Boundaries of Memory
192
56
The Boundaries of Horror
193
6
The Boundaries of Representation: The Perpetrators
199
11
The Boundaries of Representation: An Artifact Out of Place
210
6
The Boundaries of Interpretation: Contested Issues and the Voice of the Exhibition
216
12
The Boundaries of Inclusion: Armenians and Gypsies
228
20
The Center and the Periphery of Holocaust Memory
248
2
Endings: The Lure of Redemption
250
5
CONCLUSION
255
18
Mobilizing Holocaust Memory
260
13
Burdensome Memory
260
7
Treacherous Memory
267
1
Murderous Memory
268
1
Hopeful Memory
269
4
Notes
273
50
Index
323