Talk: Die deutschsprachige Literatur der Frauen aus dem KZ Ravensbrück

Information from the organisers

Holocaust literature is more diverse than often assumed. This is shown by Sina Meißgeier's study. In her work, she uses the Ravensbrück concentration camp as an example to analyse the moral ambivalences of female prisoners. On the one hand, she focusses on GDR texts that reflect the anti-fascist myth. On the other hand, she examines narrative ruptures in East German memory. Her text analyses show that the Ravensbrück complex created important counter-narratives to a West German discourse of remembrance.

Texts by Margarete Buber-Neumann, Hedda Zinner, Charlotte Müller, Rita Sprengel and Anja Lundholm, among others, will be presented.

In conversation with the author, we will discuss narrative forms, gender perspectives and the limits of collective memories. Participants in the discussion are very welcome!

Admission is free.