Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Memorials to the victims of Nazism: the impact on tourists in Berlin

Memorials to the victims of Nazism: the impact on tourists in Berlin This qualitative study explores tourist responses to memorials to the victims of Nazism in Berlin and the impact they have on the tourist experience. The findings are located in the field of study known as dark tourism, of which visiting memorials is a part. The analysis shows that tourists increased their knowledge of the crimes committed by the Nazis, thus fulfilling the educational function of memorials. Tourists were also overwhelmed by their experience; they attested to feelings of sadness, shock, anger, despair and incomprehension. These feelings made it hard for them to resume the role of tourist after their exposure to a memorial. There was acknowledgement of the extent of commemoration practised in Germany. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change Taylor & Francis

Memorials to the victims of Nazism: the impact on tourists in Berlin

Brown, Lorraine
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change , Volume 13 (3): 17 – Jul 3, 2015
Download PDF
17 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/taylor-francis/memorials-to-the-victims-of-nazism-the-impact-on-tourists-in-berlin-sHdh87YS1e

References (74)

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2014 Taylor & Francis
ISSN
1747-7654
eISSN
1476-6825
DOI
10.1080/14766825.2014.946423
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

This qualitative study explores tourist responses to memorials to the victims of Nazism in Berlin and the impact they have on the tourist experience. The findings are located in the field of study known as dark tourism, of which visiting memorials is a part. The analysis shows that tourists increased their knowledge of the crimes committed by the Nazis, thus fulfilling the educational function of memorials. Tourists were also overwhelmed by their experience; they attested to feelings of sadness, shock, anger, despair and incomprehension. These feelings made it hard for them to resume the role of tourist after their exposure to a memorial. There was acknowledgement of the extent of commemoration practised in Germany.

Journal

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 3, 2015

Keywords: dark tourism; Berlin; Nazism; memorials; tourist response

There are no references for this article.