The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning

Winner of the 1994 National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust Category, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council.

In this landmark study of Holocaust memorials, James E. Young explores both the idea of the monument and its role in public memory, discussing how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals, and experiences and how these memorials reflect the ever-evolving meanings of the Holocaust in Europe, Israel and America. The result is a groundbreaking study of Holocaust memory, public art, and their fusion in contemporary life. 

James E. Young is professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust and At Memory's Edge: After-Images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture.