Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory

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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).

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