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Accepted Paper:
A place of eclectic remembrance: Visiting Luderitz’s Shark Island today
Fabian Lehmann
(University of Bayreuth)
Paper short abstract:
In stark contrast to their sheer number, the concentration camps in German South-West Africa, installed during the German-Namibian War (1904–1908) remain mostly undocumented.
Paper long abstract:
In stark contrast to their sheer number, the concentration camps in German South-West Africa, installed during the German-Namibian War (1904–1908) remain mostly undocumented. The development of the town of Luderitz is strongly connected to the war and the Shark Island concentration camp I will discuss Shark Island as a place of remembrance and oblivion and contrast the lack of remembering the island’s past with a recent project by the Namibian visual artist Nicola Brandt.