#Stolen Memory and the Difficult Heritage of Spaniards in Nazi Concentration Camps: Spatial, Digital and Virtual Approaches

• Andrea Hepworth ^[1]
  1. [1] Victoria University of Wellington

     Victoria University of Wellington

     Nueva Zelanda

     
• Localización: Bulletin of Spanish Studies, ISSN-e 1478-3428, ISSN 1475-3820, Vol. 102, Nº 10, 2025, págs. 2141-2190
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines how spatial, digital and virtual methodologies—including civic initiatives, social media and immersive technologies—foster engagement with the ‘difficult heritage’ of Spanish deportees to Nazi concentration camps, the legacy of the Franco regime and Holocaust remembrance. The former concentration camp of Neuengamme provides an analytical springboard for exploring the incarceration of Spaniards in Nazi camps and the subsequent attempted restitution of their personal belongings. The article analyses how innovative, spatially grounded digital and virtual strategies bridge temporal and spatial distance, reinscribe suppressed narratives into collective memory, invite local participation and challenge historical silences.