ABSTRACT
With chapters 5–7 having addressed the ways in which state-supported Holocaust remembrance initiatives have incorporated aspects of ritual, sacred space, and pilgrimage, this chapter focuses on the broader consequences of memory’s sacralisation. Particular attention is given to (i) the relationship between the sacred and critical engagement with Britain’s colonial past and contemporary refugee policies, (ii) Holocaust memory and ideas of ‘civil religion’, (iii) the extent to which sacralisation invites varied forms of transgression and blasphemy, and (iv) the difficulty presented by rhetoric of eternal remembrance.
