ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses amid competing narratives circulating within the Memorial Centre, the constitutive elements of this site of commemoration give rise to gendered tensions in the display. It describes narratives of heroicised, masculinised resistance are privileged by and dominant within the auratic site. The chapter suggests that thematising gendered resistance narratives onsite could provide the basis for an 'emergent' feminist practice within the commemorative space. It investigates how gender norms are represented at the Memorial Centre by focusing on four aspects. Those aspects are the commemorative courtyard; the three introductory exhibition rooms; the representation of 20 July 1944 in rooms 8–11; and the use of photographs throughout the exhibition. The Memorial Centre comprises two elements, commemorative courtyard where the men were executed and the exhibition sited on the second floor of the building, where Stauffenberg's office was located. The chapter explores gendered representations of resistance in the Memorial Centre are significant for processes of recognition and identity formation in Germany.
