A1 Journal article (refereed)
Euroopan parlamentti, ylikansallinen kulttuurinen muisti ja holokausti (2024)
European Parliament, Transnational Cultural Memory, and the Holocaust

Holmila, A. (2024). Euroopan parlamentti, ylikansallinen kulttuurinen muisti ja holokausti. Lähihistoria, 3(1), 113-140. https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.142934

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Holmila, Antero

Journal or series: Lähihistoria

eISSN: 2954-114X

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 10/04/2024

Volume: 3

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 113-140

Publisher: Lähihistorian tutkimuksen seura ry

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.142934

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/94317

Abstract

In this article, I examine how and, above all, why the Holocaust became a central tenet of trans-national and pan-European memory politics. The development of the cultural memory of the Holocaust is interpreted through Jan Assmann’s framework of cultural memory. The central source material consists of documents from the European Parliament. The first part of the text explores the contexts of European integration, particularly how “identity integration” became an increasingly significant part of integration policies from the 1990s onwards and why the Holocaust was given such a prominent role in shaping identities. The second section utilizes the perspective of Assmann's cultural memory and elucidates how and why the European Par-liament instrumentalized the Holocaust at the core of its memory politics.

Keywords: holocaust; European identity; identity (mental objects); collective memory; politics of memory; European integration; political history

Free keywords: Assmann, Jan; Euroopan parlamentti; Eurooppa; eurooppalainen identiteetti; kulttuurinen muisti; muistipolitiikka

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