In a lecture entitled “Perceived Victims. Forms and Patterns of Remembrance“, Dr. Ulrike Jureit deals with the culture of remembrance of the Holocaust and Germany’s Nazi past. The historian will be guest at the University of Bremen on Thursday 27th January, the day of remembrance of the victims of national socialism.

Germany’s handling of its Nazi past is seen as exemplary around the world. This positive assessment is result of intensive efforts over the past decades to awaken an awareness of Nazi atrocities in the collective memory of the German people. The figure of the “perceived victim” has become a central phenomenon that continues to shape our memory of the Holocaust. What are the consequences for our collective memory when we subsequently identify ourselves above all with the victims and their repression? What are the challenges in respect of our culture of remembrance more than 60 years after the end of the war? Do we need a different form of remembrance in a globalized world? These are some of the questions Dr. Ulrike Jureit will deal with in her lecture. It starts at 4.00 pm in the Hörsaalgebäude GW 1 (opposite the Universum). Members of the public are also most welcome. The lecture will be held in German.

Ulrike Jureit has been a researcher at the Hamburg Institut für Sozialforschung zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts since 2000. Among her main research interests are generation research, political collectivity, and the culture of memory and remembrance.