holocaust

The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans...

Description The purpose of this paper is to analyse the position of the museum shop within dark tourism sites. In doing so, it argues that the shop has the potential to act as a further meaning-making vehicle by reconfirming the museum mission within its merchandise selection. The analysis of...

The word holocaust conjures images of a starving and emaciated humanity stumbling around in prison garb. These pictures have been seen frequently in the media and are well documented. But there are other images that this word produces in the mind of man that rely simply on one's imagination and...