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Title: Resilient Remembrance: Former 'Ostarbeiter' Remember
Language: English
Authors: Geert Franzenburg (ORCID 0000-0002-7714-4315)
Source: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education. 2026 17(1):51-58.
Availability: Paradigm Publishing Services, a company of De Gruyter Poland. Nowogrodzka 4/3, 00-513 Warsaw, Poland. Tel: +48-22-245-3355; e-mail: contact@pps.pub; Web site: https://paradigmpublishingservices.com/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laborers, European History, Authoritarianism, Cultural Influences, Influences, Memory, Interviews, Letters (Correspondence), Figurative Language, Coping, Slavery, Archives, Experience
Geographic Terms: Germany, Europe, USSR, Russia, Ukraine
DOI: 10.2478/dcse-2026-0005
ISSN: 2255-7547
2255-7547
Abstract: The experience of "Ostarbeiter" -- forced laborers primarily from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during their time in Nazi Germany 1939-45 -- was marked by immense hardship and trauma. The study explores the cultural, and individual factors that shape the resilience strategies employed by the subjects; thus, it shows how these strategies are expressed through metaphorical concepts with an emotional orientation. The research evaluates the resilience strategies employed by the subjects, which are drawn from their metaphorical concepts, according to the following models: Adler's (role of self-efficacy), Cyrulnik's (role of community), and Frankl's (role of sense in life). The metaphor analysis is based on the conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) proposed by Lakoff and Johnson. The present study explores the notion of resilience and coping strategies among former Ukrainian and Russian "Ostarbeiter" in Muenster through published in-depth interviews conducted 60 years later. The analysis of these interviews reveals the sustainability of these strategies, thus providing a compelling argument for incorporating resilience training in contemporary war and conflict contexts.
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1501146
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