What is it about?
Residents of a small Bulgarian town remember what it was like to live next door to a communist labour camp: who they thought the inmates were, why they were detained and what they went through in the camp. The article explores how these memories are influenced by post-communist cultures of remembrance on a local, national and international scale.
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Why is it important?
The article reveals the dynamic of local memory over time and as a result of the interferences of public, group and biographical memories.
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This article is part of a long-term commitment, of numerous encounters with the local people in Belene, which were both revealing and enriching.
Daniela Koleva
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This page is a summary of: Belene: remembering the labour camp and the history of memory, Social History, February 2012, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03071022.2011.651581.
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