Through the analysis of several commemorative acts in space; matter and image; namely museums and memorials; this book reflects on the ways in which architecture as a discipline; a practice and a discourse represents the Holocaust. In doing so; it problematises how one presents an extreme historical case in a contemporary context and integrates the historical into actuality. By examining several cases; the book defines the issues faced by various architects who dealt with this topic and discusses their separate and distinctive approaches. In each case; it analyses the ways in which the cultural and political contexts of commemoration led to a different interpretation of the condition. Focusing on the Ghetto Fightersrsquo; House; the worldrsquo;s first Holocaust museum; Yad Vashem; Israelrsquo;s national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem; the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington; and the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin; the book discusses how the representation of history by architecture creates a dialectic process in which architecture mediates the past to the present; while at the same time creating a present saturated with historical contexts. It shows how; together; they are incorporated into one another and create a new reality: past and present intertwined.
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