Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015

"A painstaking and definitive book."

Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books

"Brenneis has crafted a cohesive and thought-provoking study on the experiences of Spaniards in Mauthausen, which is underpinned by meticulous research, and engagingly written. A strength of the book is its multidisciplinary approach, combining theories of narrative and memory with Holocaust Studies and historiography. Spaniards in Mauthausen is a valuable contribution not only to Spanish cultural history, but also to Holocaust Studies, and likely to stimulate important critical debate."

Andrea Hepworth, Victoria University of Wellington, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

"Spaniards in Mauthausen advances historical memory discourse by contributing new voices to the conversation as it brings forth representations of Spaniards from concentration camps to form a part of the historiography of the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship."

Wendy Perla Kurtz, Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies

"Brenneis’ work critically analyzes an unfamiliar topic from a cultural perspective. The book immerses us in a complex history, which is only now slowly being revealed to Spanish society."

Santiago López Rodríguez, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

"Sara Brenneis' terrific monograph...makes a timely and important contribution to memory studies both in Spain and across a wider transnational field." Maria Delgado, Times Higher Education

"[A]n evocatively written reflection on Mauthausen today – as a physical and imagined space – that reads like a compelling piece of long-form reporting."

Sebastiaan Faber, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanos

"The book is thorough and informative. The bibliography is abundant and pertinent. It is a good source of information about the representation of the Spaniards in Mauthausen."

Silvia Ribelles de la Vega, University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018

"A comprehensive account of the many representations of Spanish internees in Mauthausen, in a wide range of written, visual, and digital media from 1940 to the present. Particularly welcome is the stress on the differences between the various accounts, as is the frank treatment of the relations between Spanish and Jewish internees. An essential contribution to Holocaust Studies as well as to Spanish and Catalan cultural history."

Jo Labanyi, Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, New York University

"An admirable exploration of how Spain built a labyrinth of memory around its Holocaust victims. Sara J. Brenneis makes her case by means of patient research and thorough analysis. High-quality scholarship as an antidote to forgetfulness."

Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Department of European Studies, Spanish, Latinx and Latin Amer Studies, Amherst College