"Places of Pain and Shame" is a comprehensive, intercultural study of locations that represent painful and/or shameful episodes in the history of a national or local community. The work highlights how state institutions, heritage professionals, and the affected communities themselves attempt to remember, commemorate, and preserve these events. At the same time, it also considers how and why certain cases may fade into obscurity. The analysis encompasses various perspectives and approaches to memory culture and engagement with the past. By examining these places, it fosters a deeper understanding of the complex relationships between history, identity, and collective memory. The book is written in English and is aimed at readers interested in history, cultural studies, and the dynamics of memory and forgetting.