Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory

Placeholder author icon
By Oren Baruch Stier ’88

Published Sept. 24, 2020

Oren Baruch Stier ’88 probes the nature of symbols and historical memory through a comprehensive study of four icons emblematic of the Holocaust — railway cars, the number 6 million, the Arbeit Macht Frei sign at Auschwitz, and Anne Frank — in Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory (Rutgers University Press).

Paw in print

Image
Three Princeton students stand outside East Pyne, modeling preppy clothing by JPress.
The Latest Issue

June 2026

Ivy Style finds new life; University ‘pauses’ Trenton program; Princeton’s dating culture.