Massacre, Trial and 'Choral Memory' in Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy (1944-2005)

Pasquale, Caterina Di

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“…The diverse directions of the survivors and victims’ relatives have characterised the communicative processes that distinguished the transmission of memory of the massacre (Di Pasquale, 2012). These dynamics, multiplied and taken to the extreme by individual behaviour, often focused on denying or obsessively rehashing the trauma and resulted in a victimhood-centred identity, which was expressed not only in commemorative rituals, plaques, gravestones and monuments but also in the silence of others (Connerton, 2008; Foot, 2009).…”

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“…As Di Pasquale (2012) wrote,By ‘vernacular’ or ‘communicative’ memory, (we) mean the common ways individuals and relatives (in terms of restricted social groups) attempt to elaborate their shared past and hand it down temporally and physically using private and daily communicative practices, often reiterated through spatial closeness. Much of this has been done through oral histories, mainly through the preservation of photograph albums and private altars and the passing on of names of the dead to newborns.…”

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“…However, not all the members of mourning community remembered in the same way. Their accounts produced contradictory narratives and divided not only memories but also families, friends and neighbours (Cappelletto, 2003, 2010; Di Pasquale, 2005, 2010, 2012; Foot, 2009; Pezzino, 2008, 2012; Rovatti, 2004).…”

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“…The situation only changed in 1994, when investigating magistrate Antonio Intelisano found 700 forgotten files on the 1940s investigations of war crimes in the Roman headquarters of the military magistrature. In the face of this scandal, the Italian parliament instituted, in 2003, a commission of inquiry to investigate the causes of the dismissal (Di Pasquale, 2012; Pezzino, 2012). In Sant’Anna, the discovery spurred historical research supported by public funds; institutional and media involvement; the creation of a national park; the production of the film Miracle at St. Anna , directed by Spike Lee; and the trial of the former Nazi officers (Di Pasquale 2010).…”

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The massacre-centred memory of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Italy

Pasquale

2018

Memory Studies

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This article is based on an anthropological study on memory carried out between 2002 and 2010 in Sant’Anna di Stazzema, a village located in the mountains of Tuscany, where the Nazis exterminated almost all of the civilian inhabitants on 12 August 1944. Nearly 400 people died, mainly women, children and the elderly. Despite what occurred, neither historical nor legal acknowledgements were forthcoming until as late as 2007. Through the study of ethnographical documents, the author analyses the cultural value of memory of the massacre narrated by survivors and the relatives of victims from 1944 to the present day. To examine how this memory has been passed down through time both inside and outside the martyred village, the author reflects on the complex intertwining of the individual and collective remembrances during the long and drawn-out elaboration of the trauma.

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The massacre-centred memory of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Italy

Pasquale

2018

Memory Studies

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“…The volunteers who come here dedicate their time to preserving the memory of these events, by working on the maintenance of the memorial site, and by learning about its history. At the end of the two weeks, they will do the same in Sant'Anna di Stazzema, the village where Nazi German Waffen SS killed more than 500 villagers and refugees in 1944 (Di Pasquale, 2012). These killings served as revenge for the assumed support of the villagers to the Partisan resistance (Pezzino, 2012, p. 128).…”

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Summers of war. Affective volunteer tourism to former war sites in Europe

Driessen

2020

Tourism Geographies

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An important aspect of contemporary volunteer tourism is generated by the possibility of having personal, emotional and affective encounters and experiences. Volunteer summer camps on former war sites, organized by the German Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP), can be regarded as an expression of a contemporary form of tourism, which consists of the development of a personal, affective, and immersive approach to learning and volunteering on former war sites. A performative approach to studying emotion is applied, and helps to locate and understand the social, cultural, and political components that instigate the desire for affective volunteer tourism. For this study, 26 semi-structured in-depth interviews have been conducted with participants of ARSP volunteer summer camps that focused on conserving and maintaining former war sites in Italy, Lithuania, and France. The results indicate that volunteers expect war themed summer camps to be impactful (in terms of work) and emotional (in terms of personal experiences). Yet, the sought-after impact and emotion are not always found, which gives rise to contradictory feelings and tensions. Feelings of guilt about unmet expectations have caused volunteers to re-evaluate their motives and look for different ways to make the summer camps meaningful to them. Participants were encouraged to critically reflect, on this form of volunteer tourism in particular, and on societal debates about war and volunteer tourism in general.

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Le verità dei testimoni: per una antropologia del ricordare

Pasquale¹

2021

Rivista Sperimentale Di Freniatria

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L'articolo è una riflessione sulla testimonianza autobiografica e sullo statuto conoscitivo che la testimonianza ha progressivamente acquisito nel discorso scientifico euroamericano. Lo scopo della riflessione è descrivere e analizzare le verità della testimonianza e dei testimoni facendo dialogare la prospettiva etnografica e antropologica con la letteratura psicologica, storica e filosofica. Usando come fonti alcune storie di vita rilevate durante una ricerca etnografica sulle memorie delle stragi nazi-fasciste perpetrate contro la popolazione civile in Italia, specificatamente a Sant'Anna di Stazzema (12 agosto 1944), verranno analizzate le istanze narrative e culturali delle testimonianze, il ruolo performativo del testimone, l'efficacia simbolica e comunicativa nel contesto pubblico e il rapporto tra verità testimoniale, esperienza soggettiva e vissuto biografico. Questi aspetti del testimoniare saranno confrontati con la verità storica e giuridica sul caso etnografico descritto e verranno poi connessi con i quadri argomentativi ed esplicativi usati nella letteratura scientifica sull'argomento. In particolar modo verranno analizzate le conflittualità che dividono alcune testimonianze allontanandole dalle verità storiche e giuridiche sancite con le ricerche storiche e con le sentenze giudiziarie. Infine, per uscire dalla dimensione micro-etnografica, il confronto tra le diverse rappresentazioni della testimonianza nella ricerca antropologica sarà veicolato dalla dimensione particolare, relativa a Sant'Anna di Stazzema, alla dimensione nazionale e internazionale. Le conclusioni che l'articolo vuole condividere riguardano il superamento delle dicotomie memoria versus storia, finzione versus verità, soggettività versus oggettività, che caratterizzano da almeno un ventennio il dibattito pubblico, scientifico e non, e che hanno finito per connotare moralmente e ideologicamente ogni riflessione sul valore sociale e culturale del ricordo e del ricordare

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Massacre, Trial and 'Choral Memory' in Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy (1944-2005)

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The massacre-centred memory of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Italy

The massacre-centred memory of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Italy

Summers of war. Affective volunteer tourism to former war sites in Europe

Le verità dei testimoni: per una antropologia del ricordare

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