In 1997, Saul Friedländer emphasized the need for an integrated history of the Holocaust through his suggestion to connect “the policies of the perpetrators, the attitudes of surrounding society, and the world of the victims”. Inspired by this perspective, the contributors of this innovative anthology seek to combine approaches of an integrated Holocaust history with a micro-historical perspective. Through a focused analysis of selected “micro-historical elements”, the volume provides a more detailed insight into how the reality of National Socialist persecution and annihilation was experienced on an individual level - or as part of people's everyday lives. Each chapter examines varying aspects of gender, social history, sound, materiality and space to enable a deeper understanding of the Holocaust, many of which have been overlooked or overgeneralized in previous historical research.
This book presentation will feature two case studies pertaining to the spatial dimension of the Holocaust, as published as part of the volume. After a short introduction, two of the authors will give keynote lectures, including an examination of photographs of the death marches from the Dachau concentration camp, and the “Holocaust by bullets” in Western Ukraine.
Digital participation via Zoom is possible. Please contact buchmeier@stiftung-bg.de for the meeting link.