LEADER 03555ctm a2200373Ia 4500001 209138 005 20240621212326.0 008 100331s2009 xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn641974129 035 209138 049 LHMA 040 MUB |beng |erda |cMUB |dLHM 090 E184.355 |b.G56 2009 100 1 Ginsburg, Eliana Michelle, |d1984- 245 10 American Jews and the Holocaust : |bhistory, memory and identity / |cby Eliana Ginsburg. 264 0 |c2009. 300 iii, 74 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (M.A.)--University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2009. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-64). 520 Formation of American Jewish identity in the 1930s and 1940s was a multi-dimensional process. The Jewish American experience in the United States is unique because they faced a moral dilemma of loyalties and ties. They felt an obligation and responsibility to save their European brethren but were prevented from presenting a cohesive voice to protest the annihilation of Europe's Jews in the Holocaust. Examining American Jews' struggles with anti-Semitism, assimilation and ultimately the Holocaust, makes evident the complex process of immigrant identity formation in the United States and illuminates the specific ways in which the Jewish immigrant experience is unique. This thesis project will interpret oral history interviews from Jewish Americans who dealt with conflicting identities as Jews and as Americans. By creating a website that integrates oral history interviews with photographs and themes drawn from relevant scholarship, this project will be an opportunity for high school history teachers to begin a dialogue with students discussing issues around the Holocaust and the moral dilemma Jewish Americans faced being Americans yet wanting to aid their European religious brethren. The collection of these oral histories is crucial because they can help students discuss more openly the contradictions and conflicts underlying American Jewish identity. The website will ask thought provoking questions to lead students to a better understanding of the historical limitations that shaped American Jewish identity during the interwar years. The questions will be based on Jewish identity, anti-Semitism and Holocaust awareness. Creating a website to begin this dialogue will encourage a broader range of viewers to access the information. The website is a pilot, designed to encourage educators and other institutions to add additional and relevant information that can further the discussion. More broadly, this overall project can provide a first step in a larger dialogue to foster understanding of how global and domestic misconceptions can deter a population from aiding victims of a religious genocide. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, MI : |cUMI Microform, |d2009. |e29 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jews |zUnited States |xIdentity. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1870659461&sid=26&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib209138/1469005.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hE184.355 |i.G56 2009 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook