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Can Monuments to Victims Increase Tolerance?

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  • Ruipérez Núñez, Ana
  • Sauter, Melanie

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Can monuments to victims of authoritarian regimes promote more tolerant societies? We look into the case of Stolpersteine, small memorials commemorating victims of the Nazi regime in Germany. Unlike other monuments, Stolpersteine are dedicated to specific individuals who were victims of Nazi violence. In a pre-registered survey experiment, we showed treated individuals pictures of the stones. Our results show that exposure to Stolpersteine strongly increased negative emotions and reduced positive ones. The results on attitudinal and quasi-behavioral outcomes are mixed, likely driven by ceiling effects. We find a positive effect on tolerance toward the only minority group that faces low tolerance in the control group. However, there is no statistically significant effect for other groups.

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  • Ruipérez Núñez, Ana & Sauter, Melanie, 2026. "Can Monuments to Victims Increase Tolerance?," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:13:y:2026:i:1:p:1-14_1
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