THE MEMORIAL DAY DEDICATED TO HOLOCAUST AND RACISM VICTIMS (September 9th) Cover Image

SPOMÍNANIE NA HOLOKAUST. PAMÄTNÝ DEŇ OBETÍ HOLOKAUSTU A RASOVÉHO NÁSILIA (9. 9.)
THE MEMORIAL DAY DEDICATED TO HOLOCAUST AND RACISM VICTIMS (September 9th)

Author(s): Monika Vrzgulová
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Holocaust in Slovakia, Holocaust memorial day, politics of memory, media, public representation

Summary/Abstract: The paper is bringing first information about the ways how Holocaust and the wartime Slovak State are commemorated in Slovakia in years 1990 – 2013. The author studied and analysed choosen media production in years 1990 – 2013 and has made research focused on commemorative activities during the Memorial Day dedicated to Holocaust and Racism Victims in Slovakia (September 9th) since 2001. She is interested in the content of political speeches, media articles, TV and radio broadcasting, and she investigates which kind of representations of the Holocaust in Slovakia and the wartime Slovak State are using by politicians and the media after 1989.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 382-398
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak
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