Univerzalizacija holokausta na primjeru hrvatske politike prošlosti i spomen-područja Jasenovac
Universalization of the Holocaust exemplified in Croatian Politics of the Past and the Jasenovac Memorial Site

Summary/Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a growth in the interdisciplinary study of collective memory, especially in relation to the Shoa. In this article, recent trends in the universalization and Europeanization of the Holocaust as a negative founding myth of post-1945 Europe will be discussed – as well as its tense relation to the new post-socialist national narratives in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This will be accomplished through the case study of Croatia: After a short overview of the politics of the past in Croatia after 1990, the second part of this article reviews the ultra-modern exhibition at the Jasenovac Memorial Museum opened in 2006. Thus, the question and set of problems concerning European memory standards and their focus on the individual victim in memorial museums will be addressed.

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