Divided memory in a divided Germany

Posted by Kirsten Fischer on 2026-07-27

There’s a personal backstory for my comparison of the post-war histories of two German concentrations camps, one in East and the other in West Germany. In 2023 I visited the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum because I was putting together a syllabus for a course that would bring students from the University of Minnesota to Germany to learn about German memorial culture. That visit led me to [...]

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Chances and Risks of Participation in dealing with Difficult Heritage

Posted by Florian Rietmann on 2024-09-13

How can a difficult heritage site exert a negative influence on a local community and even block the path to a future perceived as positive? How can such a difficult legacy be negotiated in order to transform it from an obstacle into an opportunity for positive development? What are the opportunities - but also the risks - of participatory approaches in dealing with such a difficult heritage [...]

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