The End 19th Century Cultural Elite and the Origins of Romanian Anti-Semitism
The End 19th Century Cultural Elite and the Origins of Romanian Anti-Semitism

Summary/Abstract: Currently extensively debated as regards the adequate approaches and the impact on the younger generation, but also in connection with the training and motivation of educators, Holocaust education seems to enjoy consensus in the Romanian schooling system as far as the studied timeframe is concerned: 1938–1945. The explanation is easy to find – this is the period investigated and focused upon by the former Wiesel International Commission for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania, as abundantly shown by its Report1 published in 2005 and particularly by the volume of documents2 accompanying it. Still, to better understand the phenomenon it is necessary to set it in the context of the Romanian cultural space.

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