Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
27,1 (2021) 91-105
Keywords:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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Collective memory
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Toponymy Social aspects
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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Oświęcim (Poland)
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Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945
Abstract:
This article explores how inhabitants of the town of Oświęcim/Auschwitz discursively construct two memoryscapes. On the one hand, there is the ‘living’ Oświęcim, on the other hand there is the ‘dead’ Auschwitz. Demarcations between the two are fluid and their meaning depends on the person who is defining and the audience addressed. Locals draw on these memoryscapes in creating mental borders within their physical living space, especially to create disinvolvement when it comes to the Auschwitz memoryscape. The findings are based on interviews with policy makers, data gathered in two Facebook groups of inhabitants, and participant observation among those inhabitants.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2019.1625117
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