Discomfort with History? Dealing with Contemporary Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism at Memorial Sites

The qualitative study is interested in finding out how current antisemitism and right-wing extremism manifest themselves in memorials and what challenges and needs arise from this.

Bildschirmfoto mit dem Text "Unbehagen an der Geschichte?" und Maus-Cursor hinter dem Fragezeichen

Period:

01/01/2020 – 31/12/2022

Type:

Research project

Organisational Unit:

Social and Educational Sciences Department

Funding:

BMFSFJ (Programme "Demokratie leben!") and Foundation EVZ - Erinnerung. Verantwortung – Zukunft

On the basis of four group discussions with educational staff at memorials to former concentration camps, collective patterns of interpretation, orientations and narrative practices are reconstructed and, starting from this empirical basis, reflection impulses for practice are formulated.