A tale of two camps: Contrasting approaches to interpretation and commemoration in the sites at Terezin and Lety, Czech Republic

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-25

  John Lennon, J ^a   Smith, Hugh ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration camps; Gypsy; Holocaust; Interpretation; Roma; Terezin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979742736     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2004.11081427     Document Type: Article

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