Pearce, C.M. (2019) Remembering the ‘unwanted’ victims: initiatives to memorialize the National Socialist euthanasia program in Germany. Holocaust Studies , 25 (1-2). pp. 118-140. ISSN 1750-4902
Abstract
Between 1939 and 1945, approximately 200,000 patients were murdered under the National Socialist euthanasia program in Germany and Austria. For many years, these victims were largely excluded from post-war commemorative culture and they are yet to attain legal equality with the victims of political or racial persecution. This article considers recent initiatives to commemorate the victims of euthanasia, focusing on three examples: 1) the national memorial and information point for the victims of National Socialist “euthanasia” killings in Berlin; 2) the web portal http://www.gedenkort-t4.eu” www.gedenkort-t4.eu; and 3) the national competition “Andersartig Gedenken”, which invited young Germans to design their own memorial.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Holocaust Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Euthanasia; T4; memorials; commemorative culture; victims of National Socialism; cultural memory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2016 14:55 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2019 01:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17504902.2018.1472882 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98055 |