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Preface: Violence and American LandscapeAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Locating Holocaust Memory in American Culture Chapter 1:The Decision to Remember Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The President's Commission on the Holocaust Who Owns the Memory? The Politics of Representation: The United States Holocaust Memorial CouncilSumary Reflections: The Volatility of Holocaust Memory Chapter 2: The Site of Holocaust MemoryBuilding Holocaust Memory Chapter 3: Embryonic Thoughts: The Commission's MuseumBeginnings: 1980-87The End of the Wiesel Era and BeyondJeshajahu Shaike Weinberg and the Changing Nature of the Permanent Exhibition Chapter 4:Interior Space: The Mood of MemoryPersonalizing the Story: Faces and ArtifactsEnduring Issues: Shaping the Boundaries of Memory The Boundaries of Horror The Boundaries of Representation: The Perpetrators The Boundaries of Representation: An Artifact out of Place The Boundaries of Interpretation: Contested Issues and the Voice of the Exhibition The Boundaries of Inclusion: Armenians and GypsiesThe Center and the Periphery of Holocaust MemoryEndings: The Lure of Redemption Conclusion:Mobilizing Holocaust Memory Burdensome Memory Treacherous Memory Murderous Memory Hopeful Memory Notes Index

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