"Getting History Right" : East and West German Collective Memories of the Holocaust and War.

How do individuals, societies, and nations deal with their difficult pasts? "Getting History Right" examines this question in a comparative context by looking at an authoritarian East Germany and a pluralistic, democratic West Germany. Eschewing a narrow focus on elites, this work draws ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wolfgram, Mark A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945 > Public opinion.
Collective memory > Germany.
War and society > Germany.
Collective memory > Germany (East)
Collective memory > Germany (West)
Popular culture > Germany (East)
Politics and culture > Germany (East)
Politics and culture > Germany (West)
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Opinion publique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opinion publique.
Mémoire collective > Allemagne.
Guerre et société > Allemagne.
Mémoire collective > Allemagne (Est)
Mémoire collective > Allemagne (Ouest)
Culture populaire > Allemagne (Est)
Politique et culture > Allemagne (Est)
Politique et culture > Allemagne (Ouest)
Collective memory
Politics and culture
Popular culture
Public opinion
War and society
Germany
Germany (East)
Germany (West)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Collective memory, politics, and culture
  • Victims and perpetrators : the view from the East
  • Victims and perpetrators : the view from the West
  • Collaboration and resistance : blood and redemption
  • Division and unity : a revolutionary people unites itself
  • Defeat and liberation : ending the war
  • Conclusion
  • Mourning, loss, and the difficulty of remembering
  • Appendix: Charts and chart notes
  • Filmography.

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