Language:
German
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Menora; Jahrbuch für deutsch-jüdische Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
8 (1997) 342-368
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
;
Jews
Abstract:
Surveys the history of memorials for victims of the Holocaust in Lower Saxony, where several concentration camps were situated during the war. The first two monuments in Bergen-Belsen were erected by survivors. In 1947 the government established a site for commemoration, but only in 1966 was the history of the camp written and documents testifying to the past made available. In the 1980s there was a change in the conception of commemoration, integrating activities such as workshops, lectures, films, etc. In the early 1990s, memorial sites of this sort were established in Moringen, Emsland, Salzgitter, and Sandbostel, while in Bergen-Belsen youth groups volunteered to excavate and restore remains of the former camp.
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