Appendix to “Reinstated Dignity”. Web Exhibitions of Nazi Violence: Examples of Visual Objects and Quantitative Overview

Abstract

In my paper (https://doi.org/10.25365/oezg-2023-34-1-5) published in the OeZG volume on "Displaying Violence", I argue that the leading museums of Holocaust memory (Auschwitz-Birkenau, USHMM and Yad Vashem) have adopted a policy of caution when it comes to showing – or not showing – graphic representations of violence, arguably because it humiliates the victims of Nazi atrocities and feeds on voyeurism, to name just two aspects frequently voiced by critics of such (curatorial) practices. My study looked at a sample of all 87 digital exhibitions made available by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Yad Vashem (YV) and the State Museum at Auschwitz Birkenau (PMAB) as of December 2021.

Keywords

• Holocaust
• violence
• digital exhibitions
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Yad Vashem
• State Museum at Auschwitz Birkenau