The concentration camp brothels in memory

Bibliographic Data

ID12904264
AuthorsNicole Bogue (Film Independent, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume22
Issue2-3
Pages208-227
Publication date2016-03-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHolocaust Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-4902 • E-ISSN: 2048-4887
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17504902.2016.1148871
OpenAlexW2307507759
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This paper examines the differing representations of the history of concentration camp brothels. It examines how two specific sites of memory, Ravensbrück Gedenkstätte and Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum have taken dichotomous approaches in whether to explore this difficult and marginal experiences of around two hundred women who were forced to serve in prisoner camp brothels. Building on research visits to both sites in 2013, it evaluates and argues that differing national sensitivities, roles the topographies play in memory and history and the pressures of visitor numbers to the sites are fundamental in these juxtaposing representations

Collective memory · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · The Holocaust · Visitor pattern · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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