„Konzentrationslager als Gesellschaften“

In the organizer's words:

The Nazi concentration camps were social spaces - they had far more parallels to civilian society than is often assumed. But how were these camp societies structured? What scope for action did the prisoners have under the conditions of coercion and violence? How were the camps intertwined with their social and spatial environment? And what developments and changes took place over the course of the twelve years of Nazi rule?

This interdisciplinary anthology explores these questions in nine contributions. Various authors present their research findings based on a wide range of sources. Among them are the editors Michael Becker, Dennis Bock and Elissa Mailänder. They will talk to the authors Wiebke Hiemesch and Meike Sophie Baader about the content of their research and then invite the audience to take part in a discussion.

The event is part of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial's inclusive traveling exhibition "A Crime Scene: Bergen-Belsen".