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Jan 25, 2024 · As the number of remaining survivors of the Nazi concentration camps grows ever smaller and the Holocaust passes out of living memory, replicating an Auschwitz tattoo becomes an ever more...
Jan 25, 2024 · History | January 25, 2024. Why Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Are Replicating Auschwitz Tattoos. Those who choose to put the numbers on their bodies hope the act will spark conversation...
Jan 13, 2019 · The tattoo discussion ignites the question of whether this approach trivializes the symbols that have long been sacred. Regardless of the answer, the tattoo born in one of the most nightmarish places in human history has many an emotional and traumatic impact on the survivors and their offspring.
Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with 13 descendants of Holocaust survivors, the article considers motivations for getting the tattoo, conversations with the survivor parent or grandparent about the tattoo (if they were still alive), as well as the design and placement on the body.
For many, the blurred blue lines of a serial number on a forearm are an indelible image of the Holocaust. The tattoos of the survivors have come to symbolize the utter brutality and of the concentration camps and the attempt of the Nazis to dehumanize their victims. The tattoos are also a testament to the resilience of those who bear them.
Sep 7, 2021 · Research article. First published online September 7, 2021. How memory survives: Descendants of Auschwitz survivors and the progenic tattoo. Alice Bloch View all authors and affiliations. Volume 168, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136211042453. Contents. PDF / ePub. More. Abstract.
