Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory

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).