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Cosmopolitan Memory of the Holocaust - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Collective memory in age of globalisation
      - Transcends national and ethnic boundaries
      - Holocaust memory facilitates formation of transnational memory culture
      - 'Foundation for humanist and universalist identifications and global human rights policy' (Levy and Sznaider, 2002)
      - Turn of the century optimisim.
    - - Germany needed to find new shared historical experiences and new place in Europe
      - Holocaust most recent defining memory shared by East and West Germans
      - Frames as distinctly German history ('self-righteous self-hatred') and as a European event
    - - Declining Cold War ideologies (Anticapitalism/anticommunism) and master narratives led to ideological uncertainty and need to find new basis for international cooperation.
    - - Schindler's List
      - USHMM
      - Bosnia (and Kosovo)
      - Kwanda
    - - Holocaust becomes shared European history
      - Holocaust memory (Americanised and universalised) provides common memory functional to new ethics and politics
      - 'Holocaust recognition is out contemporary European entry ticket' (Tony Judt, Postwar [2005])
      - The Holocaust 'now stretches across national borders and unites Europe and other parts of the world' (Levy and Sznaider, 'Memory Unbounded: The Holocaust and the Formation of Cosmopolitan Memory', European Journal of Social Theory, 5.1 (2002))
- - - - […] we, the High Governmental Representatives of the Member Countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust (Shoah) which engulfed the Jewish people. We honor, too, the victims and survivors of the genocide of the Roma and others who were persecuted. We promise to never forget those who resisted the Nazis and those who protected or rescued their persecuted fellow human beings. Today, the world still faces genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and continued threats to pluralistic, democratic and inclusive societies.
      - As we witness with sadness the passing of the survivor generation, we, the IHRA Member Countries:
      - Reaffirm our unwavering support for the Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum (2000), the founding document of the IHRA.
      - Pledge to the victims and survivors that they shall never be forgotten and that their legacy will be kept alive.
      - Emphasize that remembering the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust is the responsibility not only of governments but of societies as a whole.
      - Remember the genocide of the Roma. We acknowledge with concern that the neglect of this genocide has contributed to the prejudice and discrimination that many Roma communities still experience today.
      - Honor all those who resisted the Nazis, especially the Righteous among the Nations, and others who protected or sought to rescue those who were in danger. […]
      - Express our deepest concerns about rising antisemitism.
      - Accept our responsibility as governments to continue working together to counter Holocaust denial and distortion, antisemitism, and all forms of racism and discrimination that undermine fundamental democratic principles. […]
      - Lead efforts to promote education, remembrance and research on the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma […]
      - Safeguard the historical record of the Holocaust, the genocide of the Roma, and the persecution of other victims by Nazi Germany and those fascist and extreme nationalist partners and other collaborators […]
      - Encourage all countries and societies to address their respective pasts by dealing openly and accurately with the historical record.
      - Recognize that understanding the unprecedented nature of the Holocaust is essential to the prevention of genocide and mass atrocity crimes. […]
      - […] we call upon the international community to share our vision: A world that remembers the Holocaust, A world without genocide