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<p>In official narratives, Austria was seen for decades as the first victim of Nazi Germany that had to participate in national socialist felonies. A remembrance of “dutiful” soldiers who gave their lives in the “fight for their fatherland” (Kühnel 2022, 199) is over-represented in public space, while the persecuted victims of national socialism are little remembered. The Austria-wide digital platform DERLA, the Digital Memorial Landscape, established in 2023, makes all memorials to the victims of the Nazi era (as well as didactic material) available on the Internet. The analysis of the information collected on this platform makes it possible to add new findings to academic literature. This article focuses on bilingual Carinthia, provides an insight into new memorials for the victims of national socialism, and compares the Carinthian memorial landscape both spatially and geographically.</p>
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In official narratives, Austria was seen for decades as the first victim of Nazi Germany that had to participate in national socialist felonies. A remembrance of “dutiful” soldiers who gave their lives in the “fight for their fatherland” (Kühnel 2022, 199) is over-represented in public space, while the persecuted victims of national socialism are little remembered. The Austria-wide digital platform DERLA, the Digital Memorial Landscape, established in 2023, makes all memorials to the victims of the Nazi era (as well as didactic material) available on the Internet. The analysis of the information collected on this platform makes it possible to add new findings to academic literature. This article focuses on bilingual Carinthia, provides an insight into new memorials for the victims of national socialism, and compares the Carinthian memorial landscape both spatially and geographically.

Commemorative Signs for Nazi Era Victims across Space and Time – DERLA Kärnten/Koroška

Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja

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In official narratives, Austria was seen for decades as the first victim of Nazi Germany that had to participate in national socialist felonies. A remembrance...

Commemorative Signs for Nazi Era Victims across Space and Time – DERLA Kärnten/Koroška

Publié en ligne: 29 juin 2024

Pages: 105 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2024-0006

Mots clés
memory culture, political education, national socialism, digitalisation

© 2024 Daniel Wutti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Commemorative Signs for Nazi Era Victims across Space and Time – DERLA Kärnten/Koroška

Publié en ligne: 29 juin 2024

Pages: 105 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2024-0006

Mots clésmemory culture, political education, national socialism, digitalisation

© 2024 Daniel Wutti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
memory culture, political education, national socialism, digitalisation