New publication:

Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska, Mikrogeschichten der Erinnerungskultur. „Am grünen Strand der Spree“ und die Remedialisierung des Holocaust by bullets.

Who constructs memory culture? What kind of impact do conceptions of history have on their users? What kind of infrastructure activates cultural memory? In three microhistorical studies, Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska examines the West German novel, audio play, and TV series “Through the Night” (1955–1960) to ask how memories of the mass shootings of Jews in the occupied Soviet Union during the Second World War circulated in the Federal Republic of Germany. Here you can watch a short conversation with the author.

The book is published in open access.