Abstract This article examines photographs illustrating the German war effort in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War. We will analyze the German photographic representation of Lapland from the perspective of how the Germans portrayed and experienced this northern land, with a focus on Fahrbahn Lappland (Lapland’s Roadway), a coffee-table book by the German photojournalist Mabre (Max Martin Brehm). It affords interesting insights into German perceptions of and engagements with the Far North of the European world. The photographs in Fahrbahn reflect a sense of dislocation on the one hand and an attempt to neutralize the physically and mentally threatening northern wilderness on the other. In addition to capturing the “spirit” of the German experience of Lapland through his photographs, Mabre’s work resonates with a dystopian tradition of representing the North of Europe dating back to the early modern period and beyond. It presents Lapland as a “blank slate” by distancing the locals from the view and showing the region as a virtually unoccupied periphery on the fringe of the modern world. This can perhaps be understood as making “mental groundwork” for the anticipated Nazi German rule in the North of Europe after the war.

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“拉普兰之路”：二战中欧洲远北地区的德国摄影与经验

摘要 本文研究了展示二战期间德国在芬兰拉普兰的战争努力的照片。我们将从德国人如何描绘和体验这片北方土地的角度分析德国对拉普兰的摄影表现，重点关注德国摄影记者马布雷（Max Martin Brehm）的咖啡桌书 Fahrbahn Lappland（拉普兰公路）。它提供了有关德国对欧洲世界远北地区的看法和参与的有趣见解。Fahrbahn 的照片一方面反映了一种错位感，另一方面反映了对身体和精神威胁的北方荒野的尝试。除了通过他的照片捕捉德国拉普兰体验的“精神”之外，Mabre 的作品与代表欧洲北部的反乌托邦传统产生共鸣，这种传统可以追溯到近代早期及以后。它通过将当地人与视野拉开并将该地区展示为现代世界边缘几乎无人居住的外围，将拉普兰呈现为一块“空白石板”。这或许可以理解为为战后纳粹德国在北欧的预期统治奠定了“心理基础”。