Camp Cartography: On the Ambiguity of Mapping Nazi Extermination Camps.
In: Zeitgeschichte, Jg. 45 (2018-07-01), Heft 4, S. 575-598
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The paper deals with maps of German extermination camps and argues that these maps constitute a specific form of testimony. It takes a closer look at a small number of maps produced in different contexts, some of them drawn by survivors. In order to exemplify the ambivalence inherent to maps as media of Holocaust testimony and remembrance, the paper analyzes the role that maps played in the trials of Nazi perpetrators in Western Germany. Depending on the context, they could function as both restraining and enabling the agency of the survivor-witnesses. The paper concludes by suggesting that maps can be understood as a means of encountering the memory of a survivor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Camp Cartography: On the Ambiguity of Mapping Nazi Extermination Camps.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Wienert, Annika |
Zeitschrift: | Zeitgeschichte, Jg. 45 (2018-07-01), Heft 4, S. 575-598 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0256-5250 (print) |
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