Holocaust remembrance in Australian Jewish communities, 1945-2000 / Judith E. Berman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.

Introduction : the Holocaust in Australian Jewish consciousness -- pt. 1. Yom hashoah commemorations -- ch. 1. Constructing an environment of memory -- Date of commemorations -- Scope of commemorations -- Location and nature of commemorations -- Rituals of commemorations -- ch. 2. The evolving format of commemorations -- Youth or Yiddish -- Youth participation and wider Jewish community attendance -- Youth participation : the survivors' perspective -- ch. 3. The evolving boundaries of memory -- Commemoration of armed resistance -- Commemoration of spiritual resistance -- Absent memories -- ch. 4. The messages of memory -- Jewish lessons and messages -- The absence of universal lessons -- pt. 2. Holocaust education in Jewish day schools -- ch. 5. From commemoration to formal education -- Early Jewish studies staffing and curriculum -- Formal, compulsory Holocaust study -- Influences on the expansion of formal Holocaust teaching -- ch. 6. To know, remember and perpetuate memory of the Holocaust -- Context of Holocaust study units -- Focus of Holocaust study units -- Motives behind Holocaust education -- pt. 3. Jewish Holocaust museums -- ch. 7. An 'open grave' and a 'beautiful monument' -- Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre -- Holocaust Institute of WA -- Sydney Jewish Museum : of Australian Jewish History and the Holocaust -- Initial Jewish community apathy towards the museums -- The future of the museums -- ch. 8. 'The Holocaust must not be manipulated' -- Visual representations fo the Holocaust -- Jewish identity and the Holocaust -- Texts of the permanent exhibitions : focus and absences -- Representations of non-Jewish victims of Nazism -- Universal humanist lessons of the Holocaust -- Concluding displays and meanings -- Australianization of the Holocaust -- Conclusion : the future of remembrance.