Abt. Geschichtswissenschaft

What role does sound play in shaping the experience and meaning of a memorial site? In what ways can practices of listening transform our understanding of such places?

In his essay, history student Joaquín León Aguilar is investigating the sounds recorded during an excursion of the "Commemorating Mass Violence" seminar to the Bergen-Belsen Memorial Site in the summer of 2025. You can read and listen to the essay here: https://encounters.hypotheses.org/1257