Fragments of the Holocaust

Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Sites of Memory 1. Performing Memory and the Remediation of the Past 2. Remnants of the Past: Heritage and the Museum 3. The Spatial and Performative Character of Urban Memory Chapter 2: The Construction of an In Situ Memorial Site: Framing Painful Heritage 1. National Framing and Silent Memories: The Persecution of the Jews as Part of Collective Suffering 2. Honoring the memory of victims: pride and national debt 3. Addressing Painful Heritage: Representation and Appropriation Chapter 3: The Performance of Memory: The Making of a Memorial Museum 1. Place-Making and Spatial Narratives: Early Commemorations 2. A Public Memorial 3. Yom HaShoah as a Dutch-Jewish Commemoration 4. From Memorial to Memorial Museum Chapter 4: The Fragmented Memorial Museum: Indexicality and Self-Inscription 1. The In Situ Memorial Museum: Mediation and Latent Indexicality 2. Conflicting Scripts, Routing and Self-Exhibition 3. Performing the Site: Walking and Self-Inscription Chapter 5: The Proliferation of Spatial Memory: Borders, Facades and Dwellings 1. Proliferation and Demarcation of Sites of Memory 2. The Facade and the Passerby: Dissonance and Interaction 3. The House as Index, the House as Dwelling: Collaborative Memory Projects Epilogue Summary Samenvatting Previous publications and co-authorship Acknowledgements Bibliography