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ERIC Number: EJ1347198
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2041-6938
EISSN: EISSN-2041-6946
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When Fascination Obscures Fate: Narratives of Technology vs. Forced Labor at the Bunker "Valentin"
Meyer, Marcus
Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, v14 n1 p128-149 Mar 2022
The Bunker "Valentin" in Farge, a suburb of Bremen, is one of the biggest relics of armament projects in the Second World War. Although it was built by up to 10,000 forced laborers under brutal conditions leading to a death toll of up to 1,600, it was primarily remembered as a technological masterpiece. This article describes the history of the bunker and how its remembrance changed over time. It assesses the formation of competing narratives of war technology and forced labor and explores the meaning of the material remains of the Second World War for the culture of remembrance of German war crimes at and after the end of the age of eyewitnesses.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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