Scholarship on the Holocaust

By Sybil Milton

The Holocaust has long been a subject treated in popular culture. It has served as a theme for film makers, writers, and artists; it has been scrutinized in television specials and on evening newscasts. Serious scholarly consideration of the Holocaust, however, has been far less visible, often slighted by major academic publishers and treated inadequately even in college and university curricula. The dedication this week of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, designed