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SUMMARY:Proximities: Space\, Memory\, and Perpetrator Perception in “Final Account: Third Reich Testimonies”
DESCRIPTION:For “Final Account: Third Reich Testimonies\,” British filmmaker Luke Holland (1948–2020) interviewed hundreds of German speaking men and women about their memories of—and involvement in— the Nazi regime\, the war\, and the Holocaust.  \nThe resulting collection\, accessible at the Wiener Holocaust Library\, is rare in its ambition to record oral histories from the “perpetrator side.” Holland’s interviewees were non-Jewish men and women who spent their childhood and their youth in the Nazi era.  \nMost of them grew up in Nazi youth organizations\, and many of them later joined the Wehrmacht\, the SS\, or the Waffen SS. Although not many of them can be seen as hands-on perpetrators\, most of them reveal some degree of complicity. \nIn his presentation Zoltán Kékesi talks about his work with the collection and focuses on the interplay between space\, perception\, and memory. While we know so much about the characteristic spaces of the Third Reich\, imagined and constructed\, such as the expansionist notion of Lebensraum\, the examples of Nazi architecture\, or the design of the concentration camps\, there has been less attention on how these spatialities were experienced\, perceived\, and remembered by ordinary Germans. Yet\, perception is central to our sense of involvement and space is key to how we remember our past: involvement implies proximity while our memories are inherently spatial.  \nIn his talk\, Zoltán Kékesi uses examples from Holland’s monumental work to explore questions related to spaces of everyday life\, political rituals\, and mass violence in the Nazi era. \nAbout the Speaker\nZoltán Kékesi is a cultural historian of Central and East Central Europe with an interest in memory studies. He works as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Collective Violence\, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Institute of Advanced Studies\, University College London. He is the author of two books in English: Agents of Liberation. Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Art and Documentary Film (Central European University Press\, 2015)\, and Memory in Hungarian Fascism: A Cultural History\, Routledge\, 2023). \nThis event is supported by the Pears Foundation.
URL:https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/proximities-space-memory-perpetrator-perception-final-account/
LOCATION:The Wiener Holocaust Library\, The Wiener Holocaust Library\, London\, WC1B 5DP\, United Kingdom
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