Between myths, memories, history, and politics

Jonathan Dekel-Chen

doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.4.91

Between myths, memories, history, and politics

Jonathan Dekel-Chen

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

This essay aims to share with the readers of The Public Historian some of the challenges, thoughts, and conclusions that I encountered as a historian during the planning and execution of content for the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow. As the essay illustrates, this extraordinary project sat at the intersection of a troubled history, widely divergent popular memories and national narratives, and divisive contemporary politics. The essay’s possible uses are twofold: first, it offers insight for professionals into the intricacies of creating a large-scale, historically accurate museum in a complex political environment in today’s Russia; second, it may help give some guidance to historians who find themselves in similar scenarios.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-106
Number of pages	16
Journal	Public Historian
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.4.91
State	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

Eastern European history
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
National narratives
Popular memory
Russia

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History
Conservation
Museology

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Between myths, memories, history, and politics

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