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| The Power of Holocaust Memory and Nazi Imagery |
| November 30, 2023 |
An Israeli-born historian and scholar of genocide describes how the decontextualized use of Holocaust memory and Nazi imagery can be used to justify war crimes.
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| The Hierarchy of Genocide Studies and The Power of Holocaust Memory |
November 30, 2023 |
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Dr. Segal is a Jewish scholar whose life’s work has focused on ensuring the history of the Holocaust to prevent mass violence. His recent public scholarship is raising alarms about the way Nazi imagery and the memory of the Holocaust are being used in Israel. He argues that equating Palestinians who are living stateless and under occupation to Nazis is a distortion that should not be ignored. He argues that Israel’s discourse is awash in annihilatory language to justify bombing campaigns and the state’s decision to deny food, electricity, clean water, and fuel to the entire population.
The conversation turns to examining the political rhetoric and policy decisions. Dr. Segal points to a series of events, from the passage of the Nation-State Bill that changed the constitutional language to maintain that Israel is a Jewish state to the controversial decision in 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association to expand the definition of antisemitism.
Dr. Segal explains how the rhetoric and political efforts to shield Israel from criticism are functioning in the current global reactions. This conflation, according to Dr. Segal, represents a historic shift and challenge for those who seek to ensure the world learns from the lessons of the Holocaust.
Dr. Raz Segal, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University, where he also serves as Director of the MA program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Dr. Segal has held a Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship.
You can read opinion pieces from Dr. Segal from The Los Angeles Times and in +972 Magazine, an independent journalism outlet for Israel and Palestine.
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