Philosophische Fakultät, Historisches Seminar, SPF Wissen. Räume. Medien., Forschung

Zwangsgemein­schaftliche Verflechtungen

Date
12. Apr 2024, 1.00 pm - 13. Apr 2024, 2.00 pm
Location
Weimar-Buchenwald and Erfurt
Organizer
Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dohra Memorials Foundation and the DFG Research Group Voluntariness in cooperation with the Universities of Erfurt and Jena
Event type
Workshop
Event Language(s)
French
German
Audience
with registration

Two-day workshop on colonial contexts in Nazi German camps. A joint event organised by the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dohra Memorials Foundation and the DFG Research Group Voluntariness in cooperation with the Universities of Erfurt and Jena.

Concept and organisation : Ronald Hirte (Weimar) & Florian Wagner (Erfurt)

Contact and registration: rhirte@buchenwald.de

Funded by the DFG Research Group Voluntariness and the University of Erfurt

Programme

Friday | Vendredi, 12 April 2024, Weimar, Buchenwald Memorial, Conference Centre

In the morning, possibility of an individual visit to the Buchenwald Memorial | Matin: Visite (facultative et inividuelle) du Mémorial de Buchenwald

13.00 Arrival, introduction and keynote | Bienvenue, Introduction et Discours d'Ouverture

Welcome | Mots d'Accueil: Christiane Kuller (Erfurt), Benjamin Stora (Paris), Jens-Christian Wagner (Weimar)

  • 13.15 Introduction: Ronald Hirte (Weimar) & Florian Wagner (Erfurt)
  • 14.00 Keynote: Raffael Scheck (Colby College), Soldiers from the French Colonial Empire between Colonialism and Nazi Terror
  • 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break | Break Café

15.30 - 17.15 Workshop Part I | 1ère Partie: Approaches to North Africa | Contexte Afrique du Nord

Chair: Agnès Arp (Erfurt)

  • 15.30 Esther Möller (Berlin), The Middle East and North Africa as places of flight from Europe during the Second World War
  • 16.00 Avner Ofrath (Berlin), Algerian Participation in France Libre. Backgrounds, motivations and transnational entanglements
  • 16.30 Belkacem Recham (Strasbourg), Prisonniers de Guerre de l'Afrique du Nord
  • 17.00 - 17.15 Coffee break | Café break

17.15 - 18.15 Workshop Part II | 2è Partie: Approaches to Africa | Contexte Afrique

Chair: Birgit Schäbler (Erfurt)

  • 17.15 Amanda Werner (Jena), Entangled Experiences. French Algeria and the Buchenwald Concentration Camp during the Second World War. A workshop report
  • 17.45 Marc Bouttens (Erfurt), Actors from the Belgian Congo in Buchenwald Concentration Camp. A workshop report
  • 18.15 hrs Drive to Erfurt | Retour à Erfurt
  • 19.30 Dinner | Dîner

Saturday | Saturday, 13 April 2024, University of Erfurt, IBZ

9.30 - 11.15 Workshop Part III | 3è Partie: Memories | Mémoires

Chair: Ronald Hirte (Weimar)

  • 9.30 a.m. Susann Lewerenz (Neuengamme), "Verflechtungen": Educational Work of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on Biographies of Black People and People of Colour under National Socialism
  • 10.00 a.m. Lena Engel (Erfurt), Women from colonial contexts in Nazi forced labour camps. A workshop report
  • 10.30 a.m. Jan Kuipers (Jena), The French Nazi victims' organisation FNDIRP and its handling of the Algerian War. A workshop report

11.00 a.m. Conclusion, perspectives and city tour | Conclusion, perspectives et visite de la ville

  • 11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break | Pause Café
  • 11.45 Jan Daniel Schubert (Erfurt), The racist riots in Erfurt in 1975 - pogrom atmosphere and violence, the resistance of Algerian labour migrants and the silence afterwards. A tour of the city
  • 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch | Déjeuner

In the afternoon, possibility of an individual visit to the Buchenwald Memorial (as part of the accompanying programme for the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp) | À partir de 15 heures visite (facultative et individuelle) du Mémorial de Buchenwald à l'occasion du 75e anniversaire de la libération du camp de concentration de Buchenwald

Contact us

Akademischer Rat für Europäische Geschichte in Globaler Perspektive
(Historisches Seminar)
Lehrgebäude 4 / Raum 120