Microhistories of the Holocaust and the Use of Family History: The Families Ganz / Brenzinger, c1871 - 1945

家族史正在从综合史和微观史的角度重塑大屠杀的史学，这项研究是过去十年出版的大屠杀微观史的一部分。它将首次评估家庭历史在其中的地位，并批判性地反思他们在寻找最后一位大屠杀幸存者不再与我们在一起时会发生什么的答案中的地位。通过与大屠杀历史及其传播领域的利益相关者合作，我将分析第二代和第三代作者及其故事的影响和参与潜力，并将我的发现应用于我自己的家族史。我的项目将表明，学术史可以从家族史来源中获益匪浅。"犹太“家庭甘茨和”雅利安“家庭布伦辛格从美因茨和弗赖堡，德国，是通过婚姻关系，并被赋予不同的身份作为”犹太人“（同化和洗礼），”Mischlinge 1。等级“，”Mischlinge 2.等级“，和”雅利安人“在1933年至1945年期间。尽管他们作为经济精英的成员，与赖希经济部长Hjalmar Schacht博士和优生学家Eugen Fischer等人有着非常相似的抱负和成就，但他们发现自己处于“受害者”和“破坏者”的不同位置。他们之间的信件可以揭示身份的官方和私人定义的问题;他们的报告和经验使我们能够研究围绕同化问题的个人与集体叙事以及纳粹政权的逆转。性别和阶级将是与宗教、社会和政治网络一起考虑的重要类别。

Family histories are reshaping the historiography of the Holocaust in terms of integrated history as well as microhistory, and this research sits within a wave of microhistories of the Holocaust published in the past decade. It will evaluate for the first time the place of family history within these, as well as reflect critically on their place in the drive to find an answer to what happens when the last Holocaust survivors are no longer with us. By working with stakeholders in the field of Holocaust history and its dissemination, I will analyse the impact and potential for engagement of second- and third-generation authors and their stories and apply my findings to my own family history.My project will show that academic history has a lot to gain from family history sources. The 'Jewish' family Ganz and the 'Aryan' family Brenzinger from Mainz and Freiburg, Germany, were related through marriageand were ascribed different identities as 'Jews' (assimilated and baptised), 'Mischlinge 1. Grades', 'Mischlinge 2. Grades', and 'Aryans' during the years 1933-45. Even though their ambitions and achievements as members of the economic elite with links to Reich Minister of Economics, Dr Hjalmar Schacht and eugenicist Eugen Fischer, amongst others, were very similar, they found themselves in the disparate positions of 'victims' and 'perpetrators'. Their letters to each other can shed light on questions of official and private definitions of identity; their reports and experiences allow us to examine individual v. collective narratives around the issueof assimilation and its reversal by the Nazi regime. Gender and class will be important categories to consider alongside religious, social and political networks.