Preserving memory : the struggle to create America's Holocaust Museum / Edward T. Linenthal.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-321) and index.

Locating Holocaust memory in American culture -- The decision to remember -- Summary reflections : the volatility of Holocaust memory -- The site of Holocaust memory -- Building Holocaust memory -- Embryonic thoughts : the Commission's museum -- Beginnings : 1980-87 -- The end of the Wiesel era and beyond -- Jeshajahu "Shaike" Weinberg and the changing nature of the Permanent Exhibition -- Interior space : the mood of memory -- Personalizing the story : faces and artifacts -- Enduring issues : shaping the boundaries of memory -- The center and the periphery of Holocaust memory -- Endings : the lure of redemption -- Mobilizing Holocaust memory.