The Mauthausen Memorial – Place of Learning? Memorial? Cemetery? Museum?Can all these functions be accomplished by one concentration camp memorial? How can the significance and historical meaning of this site be communicated to its visitors?
The purpose of the Dialogue Forum is to discuss forms of theoretical direction and actual communication practice atconcentration camp memorials, including the relationship between designing a historic site and communicating its history.Moreover, research into concentration camp history and the educational content of memorial sites will also be discussed.
At the 2nd Mauthausen Dialogue Forum, these issues will be covered by presentations and workshops with national and internationalparticipation.
I cordially invite you to participate in these exchanges.
Maria Fekter
Federal Minister of the Interior
Programme Overview
Volkhard Knigge | Buchenwald Foundation and Mittelbau-Dora Memorial
”Memory and objects: the role of historical objects at memorial sites“
Robert Jan van Pelt | Waterloo University Ontario
”Between History and Memory: The Significance of the Historic Site“
followed by panel discussion ”Do memorials ’vaccinate‘ against right-wing extremism?“
Wednesday, 9 June