European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament

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European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament. / Wæhrens, Anne.

2012. Paper presented at Second International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Worcester, MA, USA, United States.

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Wæhrens, A 2012, 'European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament', Paper presented at Second International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Worcester, MA, USA, United States, 29/03/2012 - 01/04/2012.

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Wæhrens, A. (2012). European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament. Paper presented at Second International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Worcester, MA, USA, United States.

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Wæhrens A. European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament. 2012. Paper presented at Second International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Worcester, MA, USA, United States.

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Wæhrens, Anne. / European Union of Memories? Holocaust-memory-politics in the European Parliament. Paper presented at Second International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Worcester, MA, USA, United States.22 p.

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abstract = "After a very brief introduction to history and memory in Europe after 1989, asseen by Aleida Assmann, I will give a short introduction to the EP and to theiradoption of resolutions and declarations. Then I will define some conceptscentral to my study before I proceed to the analysis. Finally I will summariseand briefly discuss my findings.The analysis will concentrate on how the memory of the Holocaust hasbeen addressed in the EP from 1989 to 2009. I identify to major changes, onethat occurred in the 1990s and one that came about after the 2004 enlargementof the EU and I briefly discuss why these changes have come about. Moreover,I show that there seems to be a political memory split between Left and Rightand I suggest that the time might not be ripe for a shared European memory.",
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