Never Again? - Never Before? The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide in an Arizona Museum
Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Assistant Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Mark Tebeau, Associate Professor and Director Public History, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Volker Benkert, Lecturer, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Never again and never before are equally powerful and problematic statements born out of the horrors of the Holocaust. Yet genocide was committed many times before and after the Nazi murder of the European Jewry. Scholars, curators and artists so far have not forged a universal understanding of the causes of mass atrocities nor have our best efforts been able to prevent prejudice, marginalization and genocide. As the Center for Holocaust Education& Human Dignity is building a museum focusing on the Holocaust, the Murder and Displacement of Native Americans and the Rwandan Genocide in Chandler, AZ our groups seeks to establish a comparative framework to understand these atrocities.
The 1918 rail car is of the same type as those used to transport Jews to the places of murder during the Holocaust. It will be the cornerstone of the planned Holocaust and Tolerance Musuem. Foto Credits: Steve Tepper.