The Holocaust in Israeli Public Debate in the 1950s : ideology and memory / Roni Stauber ; translated by Elizabeth Yuval.

Translated from Hebrew.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-223) and index.

The Hall of Memory and the Hall of Heroism -- Holocaust Remembrance Day : 1945-51 -- "Here" and "there" : Mapai and commemorating the Holocaust in the early 1950s -- The 1953 Knesset debate on the "Law of Remembrance of Holocaust and Heroism : Yad Vashem" -- Judenrat and underground : the public debate -- Heroism or uprising? : the debate in the late 1950s of determining the name of the memorial day -- The discussions on the structure of the Yad Vashem memorial site -- The beginnings of Yad Vashem as a research institute -- Holocaust commemoration in the Ghetto Fighers' House and Hashomer Hatzair -- Self-defence and uprising in the Ghetto Fighters' House and Hashomer Hatzair publications.