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just whose Holocaust is it,
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history of our people.
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compare and contrast the Holocaust
to other instances of genocide, and try
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Museum's new academic arm, the
Center for Advanced Holocaust Stud-
ies. Mr. Roth, according to some, is
among those scholars favoring a "uni-
versalist” approach that they say
detracts from the special Jewish char-
acter of the Hitler nightmare.
But most mainstream Holocaust
scholars reject both the specific
charges against Mr. Roth and the
broader allegation that the academic
study of the Holocaust somehow is
"de-Judaizing" the Nazi genocide. The
Holocaust was a Jewish event, they
say, but its lessons go far beyond the
specific targets of Hitler's victims, a
fact that is grimly evident in today's
headlines.
The critics are few, but their voices
are loud, their passion strong.
The Holocaust, they charge, is
being transformed from a Jewish event
into just one more genocide among

memorial to the victims, has become a
lightning rod for that anxiety.
"Will the Museum be a museum
that talks about the Holocaust in 20
years — or will it be a general geno-
cide museum, showing all kinds of
genocides?" asked Rabbi Avi Weiss,
one of the harshest critics.
Most Holocaust scholars don't deny
the uniqueness of the Holocaust, but
they also say that for the memory to
have meaning over the centuries —
and, more importantly, to have an
impact on human behavior — links
must be drawn, comparisons made.
The lessons can be universal, even if
the experience is not.
From the outset, the Holocaust
Museum has tried to use the detailed
portrayal of what happened during the
Holocaust as an object lesson to the
world. That intention was signaled at
the opening ceremonies five years ago,