United Deportees and Individual Victims. Memories of Forced Labor in Nazi Germany in French and Dutch Associations (1945 – 2017)
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2017-06-29
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This Master’s thesis studies memories of forced labor in Nazi Germany from a comparative perspective. The research focuses on collective memories of French and Dutch forced labor associations since 1945. It investigates the ways in which collective memories constructed by French and Dutch forced labor associations have been influenced by political, societal, and individual circumstances. The analysis provides insights on interesting similarities and differences between the memory-cultures of forced labor in France and the Netherlands. Two main conclusions can be deducted. The first concerns the finding that memories of French associations have been influenced more by political and even juridical contexts, whereas memories of Dutch associations have been influenced more by societal and individual contexts. Secondly, it becomes clear that the historical periods in which associations emerged and specific national postwar contexts have also greatly influenced collective memories of French and Dutch forced labor associations.
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