Trauer, Kritik, Widerstand – Frauen als Akteurinnen des Erinnerns an Todesopfer rechter Gewalt. Überlegungen und Ansätze zur Adressierung von Gender in der Forschung zu Erinnerungspraktiken

Abstract

Mourning, critique, resistance - women as actors in the practice of commemorating the victims of right-wing violence
There have been more than 300 victims of right-wing, racist, and anti-Semitic violence in Germany since 1945. Many are not recognized as victims of right-wing violence, or only after years, and in most cases, there is still a lack of public remembrance and commemoration. Since the National Socialist Underground (NSU) exposed itself in 2011, a change can be observed. Victims and relatives of victims are speaking out and claiming the importance of their perspectives. Empirical evidence shows that women are important actors in memory practices. Mothers, daughters, and sisters of victims speak out and shape the discourse and practices of remembrance. So far, there has been no research on this topic. In this article, we discuss the relevance of the analytical category of gender for the reconstruction of the (non-)remembrance of victims of right-wing violence. On the basis of theoretical considerations on memory, mourning and gender as well as international research on women's struggles for remembrance such as the Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Argentina and the Saturday Mothers in Turkey, we develop starting points for including gender in the analysis. 
Keywords: Far Right Movement, Memory Practice, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, NSU

Leseprobe

Bibliographie: Fischer, Gabriele/Rode, Antonia: Trauer, Kritik, Widerstand – Frauen als Akteurinnen des Erinnerns an Todesopfer rechter Gewalt. Überlegungen und Ansätze zur Adressierung von Gender in der Forschung zu Erinnerungspraktiken, Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 1-2025, S. 23-36.