Panel Presentations
Authors
Elizabeth S. Topolosky '14, Gettysburg College
Location
Breidenbaugh Hall 307
Session
German Studies Capstone: Memory, Culture and Identity in German-Speaking Countries of the Present
Start Time
5-3-2014 9:00 AM
End Time
5-3-2014 10:15 AM
Supervising Faculty Member
Laurel Cohen-Pfister
Department
German Studies
Description
This paper examines why certain human-created traumas, especially genocides, are forgotten while others become established topics of public and intellectual discourse. The Herero Genocide in German West-Africa of 1904 to 1907 serves as the main example of these "forgotten traumas." In particular this paper focuses on the time period of the genocide, the progress of technology at this time, and the identity of the victims as possible reasons for the "weakness" of the memory of this event.
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Included in
African History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Military History Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Social History Commons
Desert Fog: The Disappearing Memory of the Herero Genocide
Breidenbaugh Hall 307
This paper examines why certain human-created traumas, especially genocides, are forgotten while others become established topics of public and intellectual discourse. The Herero Genocide in German West-Africa of 1904 to 1907 serves as the main example of these "forgotten traumas." In particular this paper focuses on the time period of the genocide, the progress of technology at this time, and the identity of the victims as possible reasons for the "weakness" of the memory of this event.