Mapping war experiences of Luxembourgish recruits during WWII

Janz, Nina

Reference : Mapping war experiences of Luxembourgish recruits during WWII


	Document type :	Scientific Presentations in Universities or Research Centers : Scientific presentation in universities or research centers
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : History
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48955

Title :	Mapping war experiences of Luxembourgish recruits during WWII
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Janz, Nina [University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary History of Luxembourg >]
Publication date :	7-Dec-2021
Audience :	International
Event name :	Digital History Seminar
Event date :	07-12-2021
Event organizer :	Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Event place (city) :	London
Event country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Digital History ; Biographical Data
Abstract :	[en] The Impact and Legacy of War Experiences in Luxembourg” researches the personal side of the history of Luxembourgish youth born between 1920 and 1927 who were enrolled into German services under the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg during World War II. The research focuses on personal testimonies and their individual war experience to uncover these men, women, and families’ individual experiences. Using a relational database to represent their war experiences, we face several challenges, such as a data structure that is too rigid and strict to “map” the fluid and unpredictable life patterns of our study subjects. We developed a data model where we treat different life stations (military unit, POW camp etc.) as equal data levels like our recruits (as persons). Each “life station” or event we treat as a “person” and create a separate “biography” to include all relevant data. Afterwards, we link the life stations or events with the actual person in the database. The aim of my talk will be the “translation” of lives, with its twists and turns into a static data set such as a relational database to map the individual war experiences of our study object.
Research centres :	Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary History of Luxembourg (LHI)
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48955
Other URL :	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPsyP-Y4jeY
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR13714130 > Denis Scuto > WARLUX > Warlux: Soldiers And Their Communities In Wwii: The Impact And Legacy Of War Experiences In Luxembourg > 15/03/2020 > 14/03/2023 > 2019

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