Human rights and democracy education in the Munich Documentation Centre for the history of national socialism and the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site: pedagogical approaches of understanding and learning from the Holocaust

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dc.contributor.authorHein, Esther
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHeberger, Alexandra (German and Slavic Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMuller, Adam (English, Theatre, Film & Media)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorJaeger, Stephan (German and Slavic Studies)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-22T19:40:38Z
dc.date.available2019-03-22T19:40:38Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.date.submitted2019-02-25T18:54:52Zen
dc.degree.disciplineGerman and Slavic Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project seeks to examine what museal techniques are implemented in memorial sites and documentation centres in contemporary Germany in order to convey historical knowledge about the era of the National Socialism and the Holocaust. A comparative examination of two Bavarian institutions and their exhibitions is conducted: the permanent exhibition of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism (NS Dokumentationszentrum München, 2015) and the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site (KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau, since 1965). The thesis analyzes how historical-political knowledge can be used to enhance human rights and democracy education today so that historical events remain relevant in the present and future. Based on the theoretical concepts of “empathy” and “distance” as well as “authenticity” and “aura”, this study examines the potential learning opportunities and processes of prototypical German high school students within these museal representations.en_US
dc.description.noteMay 2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/33791
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust Educationen_US
dc.subjectMuseum Researchen_US
dc.subjectHuman Rights Educationen_US
dc.subjectGermanyen_US
dc.subjectMunich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialismen_US
dc.subjectDachau Concentration Camp Memorial Siteen_US
dc.subjectGerman highschool studentsen_US
dc.subjectempathyen_US
dc.subjecthistorical distanceen_US
dc.subjectauraen_US
dc.subjectauthenticityen_US
dc.subjectGerman cultural memoryen_US
dc.titleHuman rights and democracy education in the Munich Documentation Centre for the history of national socialism and the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site: pedagogical approaches of understanding and learning from the Holocausten_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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