Brigitte Halbmayr

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Brigitte Halbmayr (* 1965 in Sankt Johann in Engstetten , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian sociologist and political scientist . She has been working at the Vienna Institute for Conflict Research (IKF) since the early 1990s .

Education and employment

Brigitte Halbmayr studied sociology and political science at the University of Vienna and graduated with a master's degree . At the same university she worked as a tutor at the Institute for Contemporary History in the winter semester 1999/2000 , as well as a lecturer in the academic year 2005/06 at the Institute for Political Science and in the winter semester 2006/07 at the Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology . She has also taught at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (2014), the Church University of Education Vienna / Krems (2012-2015), the Institute for Legal Basics at the Karl-Franzens University Graz (since winter semester 2019/20) and to the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna (WS 2019/20). In addition, she completed a doctorate at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna and received her doctorate in 2005 with a thesis on the dominance culture approach in comparison to Critical Whiteness Studies (CWS) in the USA and in German-speaking countries.

Since 1992 she has been a research assistant at the Institute for Conflict Research in Vienna, where she often works with the social scientist Helga Amesberger and sometimes publishes with her.

Halbmayr's main research interests are racism , right-wing extremism , integration , gender studies , National Socialism and the Holocaust , as well as oral history and biography research .

With a focus on National Socialism and the Holocaust, Halbmayr did research in particular on the Ravensbrück and Mauthausen concentration camps . As part of the so-called Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project (MSDP), a joint cooperation project of the LBI Historical Social Science, the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW) and the IKF, scientists from 20 (language) regions in Europe , Israel and the USA in the years 2002/03 more than 800 survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp were interviewed about their lives - in their respective colloquial language. Halbmayr pursued the women in the “men's camp” in Mauthausen in a follow-up project. The publication Mauthausen in the classroom, which she published in 2014 together with Heribert Bastel, deals with the inclusion of memorials in the school's examination of the National Socialist past.

Halbmayr has been working with the Austrians in the women's concentration camp in Ravensbrück since the mid-1990s. The two-volume publication “ Vom Leben und Überleben - Weg nach Ravensbrück ”, written together with Helga Amesberger in 2001, was aimed at them. The women's concentration camp in memory. ” The study “ Sexualized Violence - Female Experiences in Nazi Concentration Camps ” , which Halbmayr carried out with her colleagues Helga Amesberger and Katrin Auer, is regarded as a standard work on this little-discussed topic. The research project carried out by Halbmayr together with Amesberger and Kerstin Lercher on the “registration of names of formerly imprisoned Austrians in the Ravensbrück concentration camp ” came to an end in 2009. In 2015, the interactive website ravensbrueckerinnen.at went online, on which you can find a lot of information about the Ravensbrück concentration camp and the Austrians in the Ravensbrück concentration camp as well as materials such as videos, photos and teaching and learning materials.

In addition to various scientific studies and specialist books, Halbmayr published numerous articles in specialist journals and compilations . She also dealt with the role of Austrian men and women in the resistance against National Socialism , as in her technical essay "It was a matter of course that we helped." The parachute agents Albert Huttary and Josef Zettler and their supporters - a case study , which was published in the 2009 yearbook of the Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance (DÖW). Among other things, she dealt with the fate of the resistance fighter Hilde Zimmermann , b. Wundsam , and Othmar Wundsam , and comes to the conclusion:

“[…] Without a doubt also applies to the helpers of the parachute agents. Their activity can be described as resistant without reservation and - as the large participation of Austrian men and women in the National Socialist machinery of persecution and extermination shows - it was not a matter of course, even if the women interviewed portray it that way. "

- Brigitte Halbmayr : "That was a matter of course ..." [...] a case study

In addition, Halbmayr published several political biographies, such as in 2012 about the Auschwitz survivor, chronist and enlightener Hermann Langbein (1912–1995) and in 2015 about the founder and long-time director of the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance Herbert Steiner (1923–2001). In 2019 she published together with Helga Amesberger and Simon Clemens “My mom was a resistance fighter”. Networks of resistance and its importance for the next generation.

Also in 2019 was “Work shy and morally degenerate”. Persecution of women as "anti-social" under National Socialism.

Volunteering

Brigitte Halbmayr has been involved in the Austrian Camp Community Ravensbrück (ÖLGR) since 1995 and in the successor organization Österreichische Lagergemeinschaft & Freundinnen e. V. (ÖLGRF), of which she was chairwoman from 2005 to 2013. She has been a member of the Austrian Society for Political Enlightenment (GfpA) since 2008 . Halbmayr has been a member of the scientific advisory board for the redesign of the Austrian memorial in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum since 2009, and has been the advisory board chairman since 2014.

Awards and honors

For her work on Austrian women in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Brigitte Halbmayr and Helga Amesberger received the Käthe Leichter Prize for women's research, gender research and equality in the world of work in 2011 , awarded by the Austrian Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees as a recognition award for the Käthe- Lighter price.

For her previous complete scientific work in the field of historical social research, she and Helga Amesberger were awarded the 2019 Science Prize of the Margaretha Lupac Foundation of the Austrian Parliament.

Publications (selection)

Authorship

  • Helga Amesberger, Brigitte Halbmayr and Simon Clemens: "My mom was a resistance fighter" - networks of resistance and its significance for the next generation. Picus Publishing House. Vienna 2019.
  • Helga Amesberger, Brigitte Halbmayr and Elke Rajal: “Work shy and morally degenerate”. Persecution of women as »asocials« under National Socialism. Mandelbaum-Verlag, Vienna 2019.
  • Brigitte Halbmayr, Herbert Steiner. In many ways, across borders. A political biography. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz , Weitra 2015, ISBN 978-3-99028-519-0 .
  • Brigitte Halbmayr: Consistent throughout her life. Hermann Langbein 1912–1995. A political biography. Braumüller , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-99100-065-5 ( review by Erich Hackl in Die Presse ).
  • Brigitte Halbmayr: “It was a matter of course that we helped.” The parachute agents Albert Huttary and Josef Zettler and their supporters - a case study . In: Christine Schindler (Red.), Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (Hrsg.): Focus: Armed Resistance - Resistance in the Military (=  2009 yearbook of the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance ). Lit Verlag , Münster / Germany 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-50010-6 , pp. 176-204.
  • Helga Amesberger and Brigitte Halbmayr: The privilege of invisibility. Racism from the perspective of whiteness and dominance culture (=  study series on conflict research , volume 22). Braumüller, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7003-1673-2 .
  • Helga Amesberger, Katrin Auer and Brigitte Halbmayr: Sexualized violence. Female experiences in Nazi concentration camps. 3rd edition, Mandelbaum Verlag , Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85476-219-5 (with an essay by Elfriede Jelinek ; review on socialnet.de).
  • Brigitte Halbmayr: “So the first imprint was: No war!” Hilde Zimmermann (née Wundsam). In: Helga Amesberger, Brigitte Halbmayr: Life stories (=  Edition traces: From life and survival - ways to Ravensbrück. The women's concentration camp in memory , Volume 2). Promedia Verlag , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85371-176-6 , pp. 257-263.
  • Helga Amesberger and Brigitte Halbmayr: On life and survival - ways to Ravensbrück. The women's concentration camp in memory (=  Edition traces ). Multi-volume work. Promedia Verlag, Vienna (scientific study):
  • Helga Amesberger and Brigitte Halbmayr: Racism. Selected analyzes by African-American scientists (=  study series on conflict research , volume 12). Braumüller, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7003-1239-3 .
  • Helga Amesberger and Brigitte Halbmayr: “Schindler's List”. Feature films as an instrument of political education in Austrian schools (=  study series on conflict research , Volume 9) Braumüller, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-7003-1107-9 .

Editing

  • Heribert Bastel and Brigitte Halbmayr: Mauthausen in class. A visit to a memorial site and its various challenges (=  writings of the Church Educational University Vienna / Krems , Volume 7). Lit Verlag, Münster / Germany 2014, ISBN 978-3-643-50437-1 .
  • Helga Amesberger and Brigitte Halbmayr: Right-wing extremist parties - a possible home for women? Leske and Budrich , Opladen / Germany 2002, ISBN 3-8100-3366-9 (collection of articles, contributions partly in German, partly in English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Institute for Conflict Research - Mag.a Dr. Brigitte Halbmayr. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ Gerhard Botz , Helga Amesberger , Brigitte Halbmayr: The "Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project" (MSDP) . In: BIOS  - Journal for Biography Research, Oral History and Life Course Analyzes . Issue, No.  2 , 2003, ISSN  0933-5315 , p. 297-306 .
  3. ↑ Helga Amesberger u. Brigitte Halbmayr: Women in the “men's camp”. Mauthausen concentration camp as a transit and evacuation site for women. In: Barbara Glück u. Jochen Wollner (overall management); Andreas Kranebitter (editor); Mauthausen u. Federal Ministry of the Interior (Ed.): Mauthausen Memorial - Mauthausen Memorial 2010. Research - Documentation - Information. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Vienna 2011, pp. 31–42.
  4. ↑ Institute for Conflict Research - Helga Amesberger / Brigitte Halbmayr: ON LIFE AND SURVIVAL - PATHS TO RAVENSBRÜCK. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Sexualized violence. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Institute for Conflict Research - Name registration of the formerly imprisoned Austrians in the Ravensbrück concentration camp - Expansion of archive research. September 24, 2015, accessed January 13, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Mag.a Dr. Brigitte Halbmayr: Publications. Institute for Conflict Research. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Brigitte Halbmayr: “It was a matter of course that we helped.” The parachute agents Albert Huttary and Josef Zettler and their supporters - a case study . In: Christine Schindler [editors], Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance [DÖW] (Ed.): DÖW Yearbook 2009 . Lit Verlag, Münster / Germany 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-50010-6 , p. 177–204 ( Remember.at [PDF; 2.1 MB ]).
  9. ↑ Brigitte Halbmayr: "It was a matter of course that we helped." [...] - a case study . In: Christine Schindler [editors], Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance [DÖW] (Ed.): DÖW Yearbook 2009 . Lit Verlag, Münster / Germany 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-50010-6 , p. 204 ( Remember.at [PDF; 2.1 MB ]).
  10. ^ Organization and cooperation - National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  11. ^ Austrians in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Federal Ministry of Education and Women - Käthe Leichter Prize winners 2011. December 22, 2015, accessed on January 13, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Science Award 2019. Accessed on January 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Halbmayr, Brigitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Johann in Engstetten , Lower Austria