Essays about: "Holocaust Studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Holocaust Studies.

1. 1. Pandemic Politics As A Holocaust 2.0? : The Perception Of The Holocaust In Telegram-Communications Of German Covid-Protesters

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Moritz Golombek; [2022]
   Keywords : Genocide Studies; Holocaust Studies; Covid; Pandemic Politics; Conspiracy Theories; Antisemitism; Disinformation; Germany; Telegram; Dark Social; Alt-Right; Network Analysis; Narrative Analysis; Python;

   Abstract : Embedding itself in the larger discussion on protests against measures taken by governments all over the world to mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, this work concerns itself with the role of the Holocaust in narratives found in prominent Telegram channels and chat groups of German covid-protests. Building on the existing body of research, it uses the theoretical framework of New Social Movement (NSM) theory to categorise the protests in Germany. READ MORE

3. 2. Nazis’ Cultural Codes in the Weimar Republic : Decoding the German Youth Newspaper “Der Zwiespruch” from 1928 -1933

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Rebecca Bamberger; [2022]
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   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the discourse of the newspaper Der Zwiespruch from the independent German youth movement between 1928-1933. With the help of cultural code theory and discourse analysis, the terms of antisemitism, racism, Volksgemeinschaft, Reich, Raum, and Führer are analysed in the form of cultural codes in Der Zwiespruch. READ MORE

4. 3. Teaching Tolerance through History: A practice perspective on school trips to the memorial sites of the Holocaust

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Alice Widerberg; [2022]
   Keywords : History; tolerance; the Holocaust; practice theory; memorial sites; European Studies; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This work studies the practice of school trips to the memorial sites of the Holocaust with the aim of investigating how history is used in order to form tolerance among the participating students. The study employs a theoretical foundation of practice theory and literature on the academic debate on learning from the past. READ MORE

5. 4. The memory of the Holocaust as a point of state ontological (in)security : A comparative discursive analysis of the United Kingdom and Poland

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Joshua Bennett; [2020]
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   Abstract : This thesis utilises the context of European Holocaust memory to test differences within the existing literature of the theory of ‘ontological security’. The differences centre on questions of identity preservation in the face of threats to a states ‘sense of self’. READ MORE

6. 5. Breaking the Silence : A Discussion of the Finnish SS-volunteers in Finland 2018-2019

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Anni Kemppainen; [2020]
   Keywords : Finnish SS Volunteers; Waffen-SS Volunteers; The Holocaust; Memory Studies; Collective Memory;

   Abstract : Since the 1960s the memory of the Finnish SS-volunteers has been seen as a special group which did not participate in the atrocities while serving in Waffen-SS. A new study about the Finnish SS-volunteers was published at the end of 2018 sparking an active discussion about the role of Finns in the Holocaust and atrocities in World War II. READ MORE