gender and sexuality in a history of World War II resistance : the case of Castrum Peregrini
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Historica
- Magazine Year
- 2015
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Ertvelde, Anaïs Van
- Thesaurus
- kunsten, wetenschap, jodendom, geschiedenis, tweede wereldoorlog, Nederland, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Author wrote a thesis on the Castrum Peregrini where she was an intern. Castrum Peregrini is a WWII heritage site, cultural foundation and cross-disciplinary network in Amsterdam. Dutch painter Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht opened up her apartment at the Herengracht 401 in 1942 to take in German-Jewish students and teachers from the Quaker School Eerde in Ommen. Since the second half of the 1950s Castrum Peregrini has functioned as a living community and a rather esoteric publishing house run by exiled German poet Wolfgang Frommel and the young men that survived the war at the Herengracht. Nowadays Castrum Peregrini has developed into a centre for the intellectual and artistic exploration and an international network of artists, poets, writers, scientists and politicians.