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Texas Tech University, MaryAnn Suhl, May 2013 ABSTRACT This thesis examines trends in Holocaust education and awareness after 1945 through the case study of the Youth Meeting Dachau (Internationale Jugendbegegnung- Dachau), a para-educational undertaking initiated by a group of young Dachau citizens starting in the early 1980s. The primary motivation for these youth was a desire to create a forum in which to discuss the implications of the legacy left by the Third Reich. Paraeducation, like the IJB, shares characteristics with more formalized, institutional education programs but also encompasses unique elements of activism and on-site work that extends beyond the traditional classroom. Since the 1970s, Holocaust education has transitioned into formalized education that is readily available for students in many institutions both in the secondary education systems and also at the university level. The “International Youth Meeting Dachau” is a program that began as a grassroots initiative by young people in Germany who were willing to pitch tents in open fields in order to create the opportunity to come together and have a discussion forum in order to contemplate Germany’s tumultuous past. By examining the foundation of the “International Youth Meeting Dachau” and its youth leaders as well as its program materials, this thesis brings to light much of the ways in which Holocaust awareness has manifested in Germany in the past few decades. v
Texas Tech University, MaryAnn Suhl, May 2013 LIST OF FIGURES 3.1 Gathering at the dinner table at the first IJB meeting in 1983 .................................... 63 3.2 Sign by the Protest Church of Munich for the tent camp ........................................... 69 3.3 Gardens at the Dachau Youth Hostel, 2012 ............................................................... 75 3.4 A man and young girl on stilts by the 1988 tent camp sign ........................................ 78 3.5 Holocaust survivor Max Mannheimer speaks with the a group ................................. 81 4.1 Dieter Lattmann plays guitar at the IJB, July 11, 1988 ............................................. 91 4.2 IJB participants gather for an evening group session, 1988 ..................................... 92 4.3 Group meets to discuss their reactions, 1988.............................................................. 93 4.4 Group works on a project, 1988 .................................................................................. 99 4.5 IJB participants clean up a Jewish cemetery in Munich ........................................... 103 vi
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