Heritage, Memory and Conflict (May 2023)

Holocaust symbolism in the Belarusian memory of Maly Trostenets

  • Anne-Lise Bobeldijk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/ijhmc.3.71255
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3
pp. 51 – 56

Abstract

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This article analyzes the memorial complex that was built in 2015 at the site of the former Nazi camp Maly Trostenets. Although the complex has incorporated symbolism connected to how the Holocaust is remembered in Western Europe, it does not overcome some of the aspects of the old Soviet narrative of the Great Patriotic War.