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From Propagating Myths to Research: Preparing for Holocaust Education

From Propagating Myths to Research: Preparing for Holocaust Education

December 1, 2002 | Yehuda Bauer
The publicity focus on Holocaust issues in the last decade may cause one to mistakenly assume that its main aspects have, by now, been well researched. Yehuda Bauer, the director emeritus of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem explains: "To comprehend where Holocaust research is at, one must assess three very roughly defined categories of interest to the historian: the attitudes of the criminal perpetrators, the victims and the bystanders."