This book considers tourism to memorial sites from a visitor's
point of view, challenging established theories in tourism and
memory studies by critically appraising Germany's often celebrated
memory culture. Based on visitor observations and exit interviews,
this book examines how domestic and international visitors
negotiate their visits to the concentration camp memorials
Ravensbruck and Flossenburg, the House of the Wannsee Conference
and the former Stasi prison Bautzen II. It argues that memorial
sites are melting pots where family, national and global narratives
meet. For German visitors, the visit to memorial sites is a
confrontation with Germany's responsibility for the two
dictatorships while for international visitors it can be a form of
'seeing is believing'. Ultimately, it is the immediacy of the space
that is the most important part of the visit. Rooted in an
interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to
academics and students in German Studies, Tourism and Heritage
Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, and Memory Studies.
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