Soil, Ashes, Commemoration: Processes of Sacralization at the Ravensbrück Former Concentration Camp

Ravensbruck concentration camp, the largest women's concentration camp within the German Reich, served as one of the three major "National Memorials" of East Germany. This article explores how the grounds of the former concentration camp were developed into a memorial and how marking...

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Veröffentlicht in:	History and memory 2011-03, Vol.23 (1), p.131-156
Hauptverfasser:	Eschebach, Insa, Harsch, Georg Felix
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Concentration camps Derrida, Jacques Design and construction German History Holocaust Human remains Memorials Memorials & monuments Politics Religion Rites & ceremonies Women
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