Essays about: "Holocaust"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the word Holocaust.

1. 1. “I Want to Tell You a Story”: Exploring the Role of Narratives in Documenting Sexual Violence During the Holocaust : A Study of Survivor Testimonies from the Warsaw and Łódź Ghettos

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Matylda Jonas-Kowalik; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This qualitative research study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the narratives  surrounding the experience of sexual violence during the Holocaust, focusing on the localized context of the Warsaw and Łódź ghettos and their immediate surroundings. The main objectives of this research are to examine how Holocaust survivors recount experiences of sexual violence in video testimonies and investigate the scope of sexual  violence in the localized context by analyzing different perpetrator groups and the  power relations that enabled sexual violence in the ghettos and in hiding. READ MORE

3. 2. The Representation of Perpetrators in the Netherlands : A Case Study of Dutch Memorial Museums about the Second World War

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Eva Britt van Es; [2023]
   Keywords : Holocaust; genocide; perpetrators; memory culture; The Netherlands;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the texts and audio-files of the exhibitions of the Dutch memorial museums about the Second World War to understand how perpetrators have been represented. In a social constructionist approach on cultural memory and heritage it can be argued that memorial museums are institutions which partake in the processes of cultural memory and heritage during which a reconstruction of the past is developed which can be connected to the values of the current society. READ MORE

4. 3. Digitizing a minority and its history : A study in accessibility and digitization in Jewish cultural heritage collections and Holocaust memory

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Jacob Leimar; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital cultural heritage; Jewish history; Holocaust memory; vulnerability; institutional digitization; GLAM;

   Abstract : For the last thirty years Swedish institutions, both on governmental and foundational level, have seeked to illuminate the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism. A part in this was collection of testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust as to save first-hand accounts from an aging population of survivors. READ MORE

5. 4. Can previous genocides create a foundation for future research in early warning systems? : A case study of Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Emelie Lagerkvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Genocide; early warnings; theory of conflict; theory of violence; prevention;

   Abstract : In 1993 one of the most extensive genocides took place in Europe, the holocaust. As a result the United Nations (UN) created a convention in order to prosecute and prevent the crime of genocide. Although this convention was created in 1948, multiple genocides have occurred since. READ MORE

6. 5. Agency in the Warsaw Ghetto : An Intersectional Analysis of the Daily Life, Survival, and Death of Elderly Jews

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Janika Raisch; [2022]
   Keywords : Holocaust; Genocide; Warsaw ghetto; Second World War; Nazi; Nazis; Poland; Warsaw; Jews; Polish Jews; Ghettoisation; Ghettoization; Ghetto; Ghettos; Jewish council; Jewish Self-Help; Elderly; Elderly Jews; Old age; Intersectionality; Agency;

   Abstract : In Holocaust research, the study of elderly Jews in Nazi German ghettos remains a blind spot. This thesis begins to fill the research gap by exploring the everyday life of elderly Jews and their agency under the structural conditions of the Warsaw ghetto. READ MORE