Tracing and Documenting Nazi Victims Past and Present
Borggräfe, Henning
Tracing and Documenting Nazi Victims Past and Present - De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (350 p.)
Open Access
After World War II, tracing and documenting Nazi victims emerged against the background of millions of missing persons and early compensation proceedings. This was a process in which the Allies, international aid organizations, and survivors themselves took part. New archives, documentation centers and tracing bureaus were founded amid the increasing Cold War divide. They gathered documents on Nazi persecution and structured them in specialized collections to provide information on individual fates and their grave repercussions: the loss of relatives, the search for a new home, physical or mental injuries, existential problems, social support and recognition, but also continued exclusion or discrimination. By doing so, institutions involved in this work were inevitably confronted with contentious issues—such as varying political mandates, neutrality vs. solidarity with those formerly persecuted, data protection vs. public interest, and many more. Over time, tracing bureaus and archives changed methods and policies and even expanded their activities, using historical documents for both research and public remembrance. This is the first publication to explore this multifaceted history of tracing and documenting past and present.
Creative Commons
English
9783110696677
10.1515/9783110696677 doi
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
The Holocaust
Second World War
Migration, immigration & emigration
Fascism & Nazism
Holocaust; International Tracing Service; National Socialism; Persecution
Tracing and Documenting Nazi Victims Past and Present - De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (350 p.)
Open Access
After World War II, tracing and documenting Nazi victims emerged against the background of millions of missing persons and early compensation proceedings. This was a process in which the Allies, international aid organizations, and survivors themselves took part. New archives, documentation centers and tracing bureaus were founded amid the increasing Cold War divide. They gathered documents on Nazi persecution and structured them in specialized collections to provide information on individual fates and their grave repercussions: the loss of relatives, the search for a new home, physical or mental injuries, existential problems, social support and recognition, but also continued exclusion or discrimination. By doing so, institutions involved in this work were inevitably confronted with contentious issues—such as varying political mandates, neutrality vs. solidarity with those formerly persecuted, data protection vs. public interest, and many more. Over time, tracing bureaus and archives changed methods and policies and even expanded their activities, using historical documents for both research and public remembrance. This is the first publication to explore this multifaceted history of tracing and documenting past and present.
Creative Commons
English
9783110696677
10.1515/9783110696677 doi
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
The Holocaust
Second World War
Migration, immigration & emigration
Fascism & Nazism
Holocaust; International Tracing Service; National Socialism; Persecution