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Women’s Work, Women’s Networks : Correspondence and Knowledge Circulation Between the Polish Research Institute in Lund and Survivor Historical Commissions in the Early Postwar Period

Martínez, Victoria Van Orden LU (2025) In History of Intellectual Culture: International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society 2025(4). p.105-128
Abstract
Research on early postwar documentation efforts related to the Second World War and the Holocaust conducted by survivors of Nazi persecution has ex
panded over the past two decades. Yet, research on how knowledge circulated
tween these efforts – especially across various “borders” – is still nascent. This chapter seeks to gain a better understanding of the role of women’s informal
works during the early postwar period, activated through correspondence, in the circulation of knowledge – with regard to both the Nazi atrocities and the efforts themselves (methods, materials, etc.) – between the Polish Research Institute in Lund, Sweden (PIZ) and other similar initiatives, especially the ones conducted by survivors of Nazi... (More)
Research on early postwar documentation efforts related to the Second World War and the Holocaust conducted by survivors of Nazi persecution has ex
panded over the past two decades. Yet, research on how knowledge circulated
tween these efforts – especially across various “borders” – is still nascent. This chapter seeks to gain a better understanding of the role of women’s informal
works during the early postwar period, activated through correspondence, in the circulation of knowledge – with regard to both the Nazi atrocities and the efforts themselves (methods, materials, etc.) – between the Polish Research Institute in Lund, Sweden (PIZ) and other similar initiatives, especially the ones conducted by survivors of Nazi persecution. In addition to gender, religion and other
ces are also important analytical tools used in this study to understand if and how communications were carried out across these categories. The findings
vide new insights into the roles of women in early efforts to document the Nazi atrocities, the interplay of gender dynamics in the organizational structure and hierarchy of one of these efforts, and their impact on the circulation of knowledge between similar initiatives. (Less)
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survivors of Nazi persecution, The Ravensbrück Archive, The Polish Research Institute in Lund, survivor historical commissions, correspondence, women's work, women's networks, women's archives, women's culture, The Second World War, The Holocaust, archives building
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History of Intellectual Culture 4/2025 : Gender, Archiving, and Knowledge Production after the Holocaust. A Postwar Republic of Letters? - Gender, Archiving, and Knowledge Production after the Holocaust. A Postwar Republic of Letters?
series title
History of Intellectual Culture: International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society
editor
Lerg, Charlotte ; Östling, Johan and Weiß, Jana
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2025
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4
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105 - 128
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De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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2747-6766
2747-6774
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9783111636603
9783111636726
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10.1515/9783111636726-005
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English
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  author       = {{Martínez, Victoria Van Orden}},
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  keywords     = {{survivors of Nazi persecution; The Ravensbrück Archive; The Polish Research Institute in Lund; survivor historical commissions; correspondence; women's work; women's networks; women's archives; women's culture; The Second World War; The Holocaust; archives building}},
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