Global memory culture: From Hiroshima to Auschwitz

Tel Aviv Review

English - December 11, 2015 17:00 - 19 minutes - 8.91 MB - ★★★★★ - 141 ratings
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Dr. Ran Zwigenberg, professor of history and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University and author of the recently published Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture, explores with host Gilad Halpern the parallel cultures of commemoration that emanated from the two biggest catastrophes of the Second World War: Hiroshima and Auschwitz.

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