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Soldiers of memory : World War II and its aftermath in Estonian Post-Soviet life stories /

Soldiers of Memory explores the complexities and ambiguities of World War II experience from the Estonian veterans' point of view. Since the end of World War II, contesting veteran cultures have developed on the basis of different war experiences and search for recognition in the public arena o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kõresaar, Ene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Estonian
Publicado: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2011.
Colección:On the boundary of two worlds ; 27.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: Remembrance Cultures of World War II and the Politics of Recognition in Post-Soviet Estonia: Biographical Perspectives / Ene Kõresaar
  • Estonians in World War II. A Chronology / Tiit Noormets
  • My Biography: Memoirs of Childhood, Study Years, Territorial Defence Army and War, German Prison Camp and Time Spent in the Soviet Prison Camp / Aleksander Loog
  • Between the Cogweels: Victimized by the Course of History / Heinrich Uustalu
  • My Life in the Twist of History / Reinhold Mirk
  • Hope of Staying Alive / Boris Raag
  • Wonders of Living / Ailo Ehamaa
  • Born Under a Lucky Star / Lembitu Varblane
  • My Youth in the Turn of History / Boris Takk
  • An Islander's Life Story, Along with Interesting Things that Happened to Him / Ylo-Vesse Velvelt
  • Aleksander Loog
  • Searching for One's Way: The Opportunities and Choices of Estonian Men during the Political Changes of the 1940's / Aigi Rahi-Tamm
  • Boris Raag
  • Hope of Staying Alive: Survival Strategies of a Soviet Soldier / Olaf Mertelsmann
  • The Estonian-Minded Person in Soviet Reality: Double Mental Standards in Ailo Ehamaa's Life History / Aili Aarelaid-Tart
  • How to Remember? The Social Framework of Reinhold Mirk's Reminiscences of War / Rutt Hinrikus
  • The Lucky Star and Discernment: The Positioning of the Self and War in the Life Story of Lembitu Varblane / Tiiu Jaago
  • Boris Takk
  • The Ambiguity of War in a Post-Soviet Life Story / Ene Kõresaar
  • When is the War Over? Ylo-Vesse Velvelt's Life Story and Surviving the 'Czech Hell' / Tiina Ann Kirss
  • Heinrich Uustalu
  • Between the Cogwheels: Stigmatised Family Relations in the Life Story of a Repressed Man / Terje Anepaio
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Authors Index
  • Word Index.