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Stockholm Studies in Ethnology 8 a Painful Legacy ACTA UNIVERSITATIS STOCKHOLMIENSIS Stockholm Studies in Ethnology 8 A painful legacy of World War II: Nazi forced enlistment Alsatian/Mosellan Prisoners of War and the Soviet Prison Camp of Tambov Painful legacy of World War II: Nazi forced enlistment Alsatian/Mosellan Prisoners of War and the Soviet Prison Camp of Tambov Florence Fröhlig ©Florence Fröhlig and Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis 2013 Publication available at www.sub.su.se Cover: Map Chloé Moriceau Stockholm Studies in Ethnology 8 ISBN 978-91-87235-41-2 (PDF) ISBN 978-91-87235-42-9 (Print) Södertörn Doctoral Dissertations 83 ISSN 1652-7399 ISBN 978-91-86069-72-8 Printed in Sweden by US-AB, Stockholm 2013 An mine liëwe kinder, dr Nestor un dr Léon Contents A historical preamble ................................................................................ 10 Chapter I: Introduction ............................................................................ 14 1 Background ......................................................................................................... 14 2 Research objective ............................................................................................ 15 3 Theoretical considerations ............................................................................... 17 3.1 Processes of remembering ....................................................................... 18 3.2 The transmission of memories ................................................................ 23 4 Materials and methods ..................................................................................... 31 4.1 Materials and methods for gathering the internment experiences of former POWs ................................................................................................ 31 4.2 Materials and methodology in the context of the pilgrimages .......... 35 4.3 Methodology ............................................................................................... 39 5 The researcher‟s role in shaping the data..................................................... 47 6 Previous research on the topic ........................................................................ 49 7 Outline of the study .......................................................................................... 52 Chapter II: To silence experience .......................................................... 54 1 “Do not speak about it” - the political silence .............................................. 54 2 “We wanted it all to be forgotten” - the liturgical silence .......................... 58 3 “They could not understand” - The reception of extreme experiences ... 59 4 The double interdiction of language ............................................................... 62 5 A “humiliated silence”? ..................................................................................... 63 Chapter III: The formation of a family of remembrance .................. 67 1 The constitution of an association .................................................................. 67 2 A new agency for former POWs ...................................................................... 71 3 A new paradigm of remembrance? ................................................................ 72 Chapter IV: To speak out ........................................................................ 78 1 Experiences and narratives ............................................................................. 78 1.1 Forced enlistment ...................................................................................... 78 1.2 Warfare ........................................................................................................ 85 1.3 Escape: obsession and reality ................................................................. 91 1.4 Captivity ...................................................................................................... 98 1.5 Homecoming ............................................................................................. 113 2 Construction of a master narrative? ............................................................ 115 Annex 1: Concise presentation of the former POWs interviewed ............... 120 Chapter V: Pilgrimages to Tambov ...................................................... 123 1 A space for commemoration ......................................................................... 126 1.1 The commemorative script .................................................................... 131 1.2 To let the past matter ............................................................................. 139 1.3 To mourn the loss of war ....................................................................... 143 2 The emplacement of memory ....................................................................... 148 2.1 Memory space .......................................................................................... 148 2.2 The creation of a site of memory .......................................................... 161 2.3 To make the place sacred ...................................................................... 163 3 The performativity of commemoration ........................................................ 167 3.1 A space to come to terms with the past .............................................. 167 3.2 „Participating communitas‟ and wit(h)nessing .................................... 170 Annex 2: Interviewed participants of the pilgrimage in 2008 and 2010 .... 186 VII Final discussion ................................................................................. 187 Annexes ..................................................................................................... 198 Annex 3: The survey sent to the Ancients pilgrims ........................................ 198 Annex 4: Historical Key facts .............................................................................. 199 Sources and Litterature ......................................................................... 205 Acknowledgements This long intellectual and emotional journey is finally coming to an end. Even if the journey was an individual process, it was never a solitary or lonely experience; rather, those last few years have been full of rich, interesting and inspiring encounters, for which I am grateful in more than one way. First and foremost I am thankful to the former Alsatian and Mosellan prisoners-of-war who generously and open-heartedly shared their experiences of war with me, the granddaughter and niece of their fellow sufferers, Arthur Fröhlig, Louis Lang and Robert Lang. I would like to express my gratitude to the Association “Pèlerinage Tambov” and especially to Mr and Mrs Criqui, as well as Mrs Dietrich, who continually supported my research and facilitated my work. Furthermore, I would like to thank each and every participant of the pilgrimages in which I took part. I thank you for sharing your emotions, your feelings and thoughts. Your presence was highly valuable and contributed to providing me with a secure and warm environment enabling me to prepare my own work during the pilgrimages. Thank you. The thesis was written in the academic context of the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS/ CBEES). I acknowledge my gratitude to the Baltic Sea Foundation (Östersjöstiftelse) which financially supported my work as well as to the Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation, which provided me a grant. I am very grateful to have been able to be part of and to benefit from the excellent academic environment provided by the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS/CBEES). Thank you to Lena Arvidson, Nina Cajhamre, Ewa Rogström, as well as Anu-Mai Köll, Per Bolin, Maija Runcis, Helene Carlbäck, Irina Sandomirskaja, Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Teresa Kulawik, Dace Lagerborg, Michal Bron and all my fellow students at BEEGS for your professional and kind support. I want to express my gratitude to my supervisors, Mats Lindqvist and Barbro Blehr, who supported me and guided my thoughts all these years. Thank you for being always enthusiastic about my work and for being constantly available during all those years. Comments and suggestions of many colleagues have enriched my writing and thoughts. I am especially indebted to Ramona Rat, Sverker Hyltén- Cavallius, Michelle Göransson, Simon Ekström, Régis Baty, Anna Storm and Tina Kiirs. I am grateful to Beatriz Lindqvist, whose critical comments on the occasion of my exit seminar provided me the intellectual impulse to deepen my reflection about spatiality. I am also very thankful to Per Bolin and Johanna Dahlin, who enthusiastically and devotedly read and commented on the whole manuscript. I would like to express my gratitude to all my others colleagues at the Department of Ethnology at Stockholm University and at the Department of Ethnology at Södertörn University College for many intellectual conversations, inspiring seminars and friendly support. Particular thanks to Helena Hörnfeldt, David Gunnarsson, Mattias Frihammar, Christian Richette, Jenny Ask, Karin Högström, Elisabeth Wollin Elhouar, Georg Drakos, Maria Bäckman, Fataneh Farahani, Magnus Öhlander, Maria Zachariasson, Ann Runfors, Jenny Gunnarsson Payne, Oscar Pripp, Kim Kallenberg, Jenny Ingridsdotter, Jenni Rinne, Beate Feldman, Sofi Gerber and my roommate, Maryam Adjam. Furthermore, the support of many people made this experience really enjoyable. I am especially thankful to my colleagues and friends Anna Kharkina, Ann-Judith Rabenschlag, Markus Huss, Jaakko Turunen,
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