Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Chioveanu, Mihai
Year: 2003
Title: A Deadlock Of Memory The Myth And Cult Of Ion Antonescu In Post-Communist Romania
Journal: Studia Hebraica
Issue: 3
Pages: 102-123
Language: English
Keywords: Jewish minority, history, recollection, post-communist era, Antonescu regime, public opinion, historiography
Abstract: (En) Irina Livezeanu's doctoral thesis begins with a touching dedication: "For my friends in Romania, lovers of their Past." In 1986, when the young American historian wrote them, these few words were not a complaisance gesture, but an expression of solidarity with an oppressed nation from the East. It was only later, in the 1990s, and in a completely different context, that Livezeanu realised, somewhat worried this time, that the Romanians love their Past unconditionally because they actually do not know their history well." After 1989, this lack of historical knowledge...