Bringing the Dark Past to Light

John-Paul Himka is a professor of history and classics at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Last Judgment Iconography in the Carpathians. Joanna Beata Michlic is the director and founder of the Hadassah–Brandeis Institute Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust at Brandeis University and is the author of Poland's Threatening Other (Nebraska, 2006).

"This pioneering work in the field of Holocaust studies should be a part of any library with even the most modest of holdings about the Shoah."-David M. Crowe, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The manner in which Nazi-occupied nations have responded to the Holocaust since the fall of communism is a subject of no small importance. Fortunately, Bringing The Dark Past To Light addresses this topic seriously and comprehensively."-Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel"A remarkable collection."-Kelly McFall, New Books in Genocide Studies "This is a magnificent work of scholarship. The essays in this substantial book provide models of balance and rectitude."-Patterns of Prejudice "An excellent collection that addresses a very timely topic and fills a real gap in our knowledge. It will be of interest not only to specialists on the Holocaust but also to anyone—specialist and nonspecialist alike—interested in the issues and problems of postcommunist Europe."—Samuel Kassow, professor of history at Trinity College and author of Who Will Write Our History? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto "An extraordinary volume and a feat of editorial ingenuity. . . . No matter what you know or think about contemporary Europe and the politics of Holocaust memory, you will be enlightened and surprised by this remarkable book."—Doris L. Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto, and author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust

• List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic1. "Our Conscience Is Clean": Albanian Elites and the Memory of the Holocaust in Postsocialist Albania Daniel Perez2. The Invisible Genocide: The Holocaust in Belarus Per Anders Rudling3. Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust in Bosnia and Herzegovina Francine Friedman4. Debating the Fate of Bulgarian Jews during World War II Joseph Benatov5. Representations of the Holocaust and Historical Debates in Croatia since 1989 Mark Biondich6. The Sheep of Lidice: The Holocaust and the Construction of Czech National History Michal Frankl7. Victim of History: Perceptions of the Holocaust in Estonia Anton Weiss-Wendt8. Holocaust Remembrance in the German Democratic Republic--and Beyond Peter Monteath9. The Memory of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Hungary Part 1: The Politics of Holocaust Memory Paul HanebrinkPart 2: Cinematic Memory of the Holocaust Catherine Portuges10. The Transformation of Holocaust Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia Bella Zisere11. Conflicting Memories: The Reception of the Holocaust in LithuaniaSaulius Sužiedlis and Šarūnas Liekis12. The Combined Legacies of the "Jewish Question" and the "Macedonian Question" Holly Case13. Public Discourses on the Holocaust in Moldova: Justification, Instrumentalization, and Mourning Vladimir Solonari14. The Memory of the Holocaust in Post-1989 Poland: Renewal--Its Accomplishments and Its Powerlessness Joanna B. Michlic and Małgorzata Melchior15. Public Perceptions of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Romania Felicia Waldman and Mihai Chioveanu16. The Reception of the Holocaust in Russia: Silence, Conspiracy, and Glimpses of Light Klas-Göran Karlsson17. Between Marginalization and Instrumentalization: Holocaust Memory in Serbia since the Late 1980s Jovan Byford18. The "Unmasterable Past"? The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Slovakia Nina Paulovičová19. On the Periphery: Jews, Slovenes, and the Memory of the HolocaustGregor Joseph Kranjc20. The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Ukraine John-Paul HimkaConclusion Omer BartovContributors Index