Masculinity and Friendship between male inmates in KL Dachau, Mauthausen, and Sachsenhausen

<p dir="ltr">This PhD will be the first systematic study of friendship between male inmates in Nazi concentration camps (Konzentrationslager; KL) and will focus on survivors of Dachau, Mauthausen, and Sachsenhausen. Interdisciplinary scholarship on emotions, masculinity, and friendship will be consulted which will be a first in the historiography of inmate friendships in the KL. I will assess the influence of gender in shaping the friendships of inmates from different cultural backgrounds, making the study transnational and comparative. This study has significant implications for our understanding of inmate survival strategies, agency, hierarchies and power dynamics, and gendered relationships in extremis. My research is also a case study in the history of friendship, and the history of emotions. Thus, this PhD shall contribute to academic discussion in multiple fields.</p>