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SUMMARY:Narratives and Authenticity: Concentration Camp Sites in The Nethe
 rlands - Greta Lawrence\, Peterhouse
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CONTACT:Derek L. Elliott
DESCRIPTION:At the end of World War II\, the physical landscape of the Net
 herlands was littered with the remnants of penal and transit camps\, a rem
 inder of the recent German occupation and the baggage of victimhood\, loss
 \, and collaboration.  Dutch historians and heritage professionals formed 
 a national narrative of the Dutch wartime experience. Three of the camps b
 ecame ‘lieux de memoire’ (Nora 1989)\, sites of memory for remembering
  a national narrative of the Holocaust\; these narratives are ‘national 
 victimization\,’ ‘national resistance\,’ and the Jewish experience o
 f the Holocaust.  Two of the camps are largely forgotten.  This dissertati
 on uses the penal and transit camp sites in the Netherlands as a lens for 
 looking at the Dutch national memory of the Holocaust\, from the immediate
  aftermath of the war to the present day\; from ‘retrospective glorifica
 tion’ (Lagrou 2000\, 2) of resistance fighters and ordinary citizens’ 
 suffering to a narrative dominated by a recognition of the exceptionalism 
 of the Jewish experience.  This dissertation aims to shed light\, within t
 he context of ‘difficult heritage’ (Macdonald 2009) literature\, on ho
 w the Dutch views of the Holocaust affected the current displays and manag
 ement of concentration camp sites at Westerbork\, Vught\, Amersfoort\, Omm
 en\, and Schoorl.
LOCATION:Seminar Room N7\, Pembroke College
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