Returning memories : former prisoners of war in divided and reunited Germany /

Millions of former German soldiers (known as Heimkehrer, literally'homecomers, 'or returnees) returned from captivity as prisoners of war at the end of the Second World War, an experience that had profound effects on German society and touched almost every German family. Based on extensive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wienand, Christiane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2015.
Colección:German history in context.
Temas:
Since 1900
Ex-prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons.
Ex-prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mémoire collective > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Collective memory.
Ex-prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war.
Germany > History > 1945-1990.
Germany > History > 1990-
Allemagne > Histoire > 1945-1990.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1990-
Germany.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: writing the history of returnees
  • Depicting returnees: contested media representations in East and West Germany
  • Negotiating victim status: the presence of the past in compensation debates
  • Giving meaning to the past: narratives of transformation and conversion
  • Interacting with the past: memory projects of returnees
  • Epilogue: transmitting memories: shaping postwar presents.

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