Maoz Azaryahu

Jacques Picard

Ulrike Gehring

Fabienne Meyer

Christina Späti

Das Holocaust- und Zweit-Weltkriegs-Gedenken und die daraus erwachsenen Erzählungen haben auch in der Schweiz ihre Spuren hinterlassen. Die vorhandenen "Denkmäler" sind jedoch nicht allein materieller oder monumentaler Natur. Das jeweils Sagbare und Unsagbare zeigt sich auch im musikalischen und literarischen Schaffen, in Biografien und Selbstzeugnissen, in Spiel- und Dokumentarfilmen, in Ortsbildern, Lehrmitteln und Schulstunden sowie in Debatten über Restitutions- oder Rehabilitierungsforderungen. In diesem Buch werden unterschiedliche Aspekte und Modi der kulturellen Erinnerung versammelt, und gleichzeitig stellen die darin zur Sprache kommenden Erzählweisen ein Plädoyer der transnationalen Lesart von Holocaust-Gedenken dar. Aus dem semantische wie territoriale Grenzen überschreitenden Wissen lässt sich einiges für die eigene Disposition lernen. Deswegen geht dieser Sammelband von der Schweiz aus, trägt aber ebenso Beispiele vor, die dänische, deutsche, israelische, österreichische, schwedische oder ungarische Belange berühren. The way in which the Holocaust and the Second World War are remembered and the many forms and debates that have emerged from this contemporary field have also left their mark on Switzerland. However, the "monuments" that exist in that non-occupied country are not only material ones. What may be discovered is also evident in musical and literary works, biographies and self-testimonies, feature films and documentaries, landscapes, teaching materials and school lessons, as well as in debates about demands for restitution, recognition or rehabilitation. This book presents different aspects and modes of cultural remembrance, and at the same time it addresses a plea for a transnational reading of Holocaust remembrance. From the knowledge that crosses semantic and territorial borders, there is much to be learned for one's own purposes. For this reason, this anthology takes its lift-off from Switzerland, but also presents insights and examples that touch many of Danish, German, Israeli, Austrian, Swedish or Hungarian concerns.

Formen des Holocaust-Gedenkens in Schweizerischen und Transnationalen Perspektiven / Forms of Holocaust Remembrance in Swiss and Transnational Perspectives

Erzählweisen des Sagbaren und Unsagbaren / Between Commemoration and Amnesia

Michael P. Steinberg

Idith Zertal

Jacques M. Revel

This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler; and artists such as Mark Rothko. The book provides fresh insights into the lives and careers of novelists like Franz Kafka, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; social scientists such as Sigmund Freud; religious leaders and thinkers such as Avraham Kook and Martin Buber; and many others. Written by a diverse group of leading contemporary scholars from around the world, these vibrant and frequently surprising portraits offer a global perspective that highlights the multiplicity of Jewish experience and thought. A reference book like no other, Makers of Jewish Modernity includes an informative general introduction that situates its subjects within the broader context of Jewish modernity as well as a rich selection of photos.

Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

Makers of Jewish Modernity

Jacques Picard

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