Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Oișteanu, Andrei
Year: 2005
Title: The Holocaust Remembrance Day in Romania
Journal: Studia Hebraica
Issue: 5
Pages: 17-22
Language: English
Keywords: Jewish minority, interdisciplinary, holocaust, public opinion, the Holocaust in public perception
Abstract: (En) Just like with people, for a community the absence of memory is harmful. Saying that those who forget their mistakes are condemned to repeat them has become a truism.
On the other hand, excessive remembrance too can have negative effects. But can we speak of an excess of remembrance in regard to the Holocaust in Romania? On the contrary, here we are rather in the first case: forgetfulness, ignorance and minimization of the phenomenon.