Memorials to the victims of Nazism

The impact on tourists in Berlin

Bibliographic Data

ID12723919
AuthorsLorraine Brown (0000-0003-4624-0029, Bournemouth University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue3
Pages244-260
Publication date2014-08-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Tourism and Cultural Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-6825 • E-ISSN: 1747-7654
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14766825.2014.946423
OpenAlexW2081641777
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited40

This qualitative study explores tourist responses to memorials to the victims of Nazism in Berlin and the impact they have on the tourist experience. The findings are located in the field of study known as dark tourism, of which visiting memorials is a part. The analysis shows that tourists increased their knowledge of the crimes committed by the Nazis, thus fulfilling the educational function of memorials. Tourists were also overwhelmed by their experience; they attested to feelings of sadness, shock, anger, despair and incomprehension. These feelings made it hard for them to resume the role of tourist after their exposure to a memorial. There was acknowledgement of the extent of commemoration practised in Germany

Acknowledgement · Aesthetics · Anger · Art · Dark tourism · Feeling · Media studies · Nazism · Political science · Sadness · Shock (circulatory · Sociology · Tourism · Law · Medicine · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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