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Divided memory: the Nazi past in the two Germanys
Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Divided Memory by Jeffrey Herf. A significant new look at the legacy of the Nazi regime, this book exposes the workings of past beliefs and political interests in how - and how differently - the two Germanys have recalled the crimes of Nazism, from the anti-Nazi emigration of the s through the establishment of a day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism in Why, Jeffrey Herf asks, A significant new look at the legacy of the Nazi regime, this book exposes the workings of past beliefs and political interests in how - and how differently - the two Germanys have recalled the crimes of Nazism, from the anti-Nazi emigration of the s through the establishment of a day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism in Why, Jeffrey Herf asks, would German politicians raise the specter of crimes at all, in view of the considerable depth and breadth of support the Nazis held during their reign?
Why did the public memory of Nazi anti-Jewish persecution and the Holocaust emerge, if selectively, in West Germany, yet was repressed and marginalized in "anti-fascist" East Germany?
And how do the politics of left and right come into play in this divided memory? The answers reveal the surprising relationship between how the crimes of Nazism were publicly recalled and how East and West Germany separately evolved a Communist dictatorship and a liberal democracy. This book, for the first time, points to the impact of the Cold War confrontation in both West and East Germany on the public memory of anti-Jewish persecution and the Holocaust.
Paperback , pages. Published March 31st by Harvard University Press first published George Louis Beer Prize To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Divided Memory , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Mar 01, Will added it Shelves: This interesting book sets out to ask the ways in which anti-Nazi leaders formulated their conceptions of Nazism during the Second World War, and the ways in which this shaped the subsequent development of memory in the two Germanys.
Focus is on politics and political leaders: By writing about politicians and the discourses This interesting book sets out to ask the ways in which anti-Nazi leaders formulated their conceptions of Nazism during the Second World War, and the ways in which this shaped the subsequent development of memory in the two Germanys.
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By writing about politicians and the discourses and memory they construct, I hope to illustrate the importance of politics for shaping the way a society thinks about its past while at the same time drawing attention to the autonomous weight that traditions and interpretative frameworks exert on political life. Post Germany saw the resurrection of indigenous traditions rather than the imposition of new foreign ones: The term refers to continuities that link German political traditions of the Weimar era and the anti-Nazi emigration to the period after Physical Details pages: Summary A significant new look at the legacy of the Nazi regime, this book exposes the workings of past beliefs and political interests in how - and how differently - the two Germanys have recalled the crimes of Nazism, from the anti-Nazi emigration of the s through the establishment of a day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism in Why, Jeffrey Herf asks, would German politicians raise the specter of crimes at all, in view of the considerable depth and breadth of support the Nazis held during their reign?
Why did the public memory of Nazi anti-Jewish persecution and the Holocaust emerge, if selectively, in West Germany, yet was repressed and marginalized in "anti-fascist" East Germany? And how do the politics of left and right come into play in this divided memory?
The answers reveal the surprising relationship between how the crimes of Nazism were publicly recalled and how East and West Germany separately evolved a Communist dictatorship and a liberal democracy. This book, for the first time, points to the impact of the Cold War confrontation in both West and East Germany on the public memory of anti-Jewish persecution and the Holocaust. Notes Includes bibliographical references pages and index. Sign in via your Institution Sign in. Purchase Subscription prices and ordering Short-term Access To purchase short term access, please sign in to your Oxford Academic account above.
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