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Binnenstruktur, Alltagsverhalten und Überlebenschancen in Nazi-Konzentrationslagern
The Internal Structure of, Daily Behavior in, and the Chances of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps
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Abstract This article is outlining the internal structures of concentration camps such as Birkenau or Mauthausen. The author is focusing on the everyday conduct of prisoners as well as their chances to survive: He is positioning the concentration camps into the NS-system, highlighting the material limitation... view more
This article is outlining the internal structures of concentration camps such as Birkenau or Mauthausen. The author is focusing on the everyday conduct of prisoners as well as their chances to survive: He is positioning the concentration camps into the NS-system, highlighting the material limitations of the prisoners, differentiating within the "society of prisoners", demonstrating the social structures of the prisoners as well as pointing out their strategies to survive. This article is structured as follows: 1. Introduction, 2. Concentration Camps as part of the NS system, 3. Material limitations 4. Differentiation within the "prisioners' society", 5. Social structure, 6. Behaviours which could help to survive.... view less
Keywords
survival strategy; genocide; everyday life; concentration camp; persecution of Jews; Third Reich
Classification
General History
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
Holocaust; survivors; Mauthausen; Auschwitz
Document language
German
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 335-353
Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2016) 28
Issue topic
Gerhard Botz - Zeitgeschichte zwischen Politik, Biografie und Methodik: Gewalt und Nationalsozialismus in Österreich im 20. Jahrhundert
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.suppl.28.2016.335-353
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed