Steine des Anstosses (Stones of Contention), 1985

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Steine des Anstosses (Stones of Contention), 1985
subtitle: National Socialism and World War II in Memorials, 1945-1985
Catalog and traveling photographic exhibition
by Harold Marcuse (publications, homepage), Frank Schimmelfennig, Jochen Spielmann
Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, May 1985
(printable pdf version of entire brochure: 40 pages, 6.4Mb)

note: for an English version of some of the theory explicated in this brochure, see my article: "West German Strategies of Commemoration," in: Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies 3:2(1987).

front: Natzweiler (France), 1960, 40.5m high	about the authors, contents	bibliography	back: Gardelegen, Cologne, Neuengamme
Introduction: monuments symbolize the present	A monument's dates; Auschwitz 1945-57-67	Monuments say more about the present	Groups and Goals: who is being remembered?
Civilians	Soldiers, Camp inmates	Jews, "Forgottens"	Location and Purpose
National memorial sites	Paris, E & W Germany	Public spaces	Cemeteries
Forms of Monuments	Neuengamme (Hamburg)	Realism and abstraction	Form and effect: remains
Snapshots of a moment	Replicas can distort	Abstraction can weaken	Embodiments
Symbols: Triangle	Functions: meaning	Christian symbols	Inscriptions: 4 functions
Information	Interpretation	Connection; Appeals	Case 1: West Germany
Victims, 50s, 60s, 70s	Case 2: East Germany	National Memorials	Gardelegen
Case 3: France	Oradour, national unity	Case 4: Poland	1949-56, 1960s

Exhibition brochure published August 1985, scans and page created December 11, 2004 by Harold Marcuse
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