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Memoria publică a Holocaustului în postcomunism
The public memory of Holocaust in post communism

Author(s): Alexandru Florian
Subject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Sociology of Culture, History of the Holocaust, Post-Communist Transformation, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: legionnaire symbols;Ion Antonescu;the memory of Holocaust;war crimes;

Summary/Abstract: Just after 1989, the public space became, naturally, opened for the pluralistic expression of social and political messages. The official public discourse of the national-communist state is being gradually replaced with a variety of legitimizing messages. The new democratic state undertakes hesitating steps in its endeavour to redefine the public symbols. The newly emerged social and political actors are also taking part in redesigning the public space. New messages, recuperative messages and identity narratives coexist, contrast one another and produce a heterogeneous aggregation of civic values. Sometimes, the situations have aberrant results.

  • Issue Year: IV/2016
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 35-44
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian