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By Ran Zwigenberg

In 1962, a Hiroshima peace delegation and an Auschwitz survivor's association exchanged relics and tales, together with the bones and ashes of Auschwitz sufferers. This symbolic come upon, during which the useless have been actually conscripted within the provider of the politics of the dwelling, serves as a cornerstone of this quantity, shooting how reminiscence was once applied to rebuild and redefine a shattered global. this can be a strong learn of the contentious heritage of remembrance and the commemoration of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima within the context of the worldwide improvement of Holocaust and global battle II reminiscence. Emphasizing the significance of nuclear concerns within the fifties and sixties, Zwigenberg lines the increase of world commemoration tradition throughout the reconstruction of Hiroshima as a 'City of vibrant Peace', memorials and museums, international tourism, advancements in psychiatry, and the emergence of the determine of the survivor-witness and its effects for worldwide reminiscence practices.

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