In this Book
- Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
Prisoners at Mittelbau-Dora built the V-1 and V-2 missiles, some of them coming into direct contact with Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph, who later became leading engineers in the U.S. space program. Through the continuing story of Mittelbau-Dora, from its operation as a labor camp to its social construction as a monument, Schafft and Zeidler reflect an abiding interest in the memory and commemoration of notorious national events. In extending the analysis of Mittelbau-Dora into post-war and present-day Germany, Commemorating Hell uncovers the intricate relationship between the politics of memory and broader state and global politics, revealing insights about the camp's relationship to the American space pioneers and the fate of the nearby city of Nordhausen.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xiv
- 1. Conceptualizing Horror
- pp. 1-18
- 2. The Camp Mittelbau-Dora
- pp. 19-38
- 3. An End and a Beginning
- pp. 39-58
- 4. The Change of Command
- pp. 59-76
- 6. The Mahn- und Gedenkstätte in the GDR
- pp. 93-114
- 7. The Wall Comes Down
- pp. 115-136
- 8. The Modern Gedenkstätte
- pp. 137-151
- 9. Major Themes and Conclusions
- pp. 152-168
- Bibliography
- pp. 183-194
- About the Author, Production Notes
- pp. 216-217
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2011