Civil society and memory in postwar Germany

Civil society and memory in postwar Germany / Jenny Wüstenberg (York University, Toronto)

"Blending history and social science, this book tracks the role of social movements in shaping German public memory and values since 1945. Drawn from extensive original research, it offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of German democracy through civic confrontation with the violence of...

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Main Authors:Wüstenberg, Jenny (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2017
Subjects:
Memorialization > Germany > History
Memorials > Social aspects > Germany
Social movements > Political aspects > Germany
War memorials > Social aspects > Germany
Collective memory > Germany
Socialism > Social aspects > Germany (East)
World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > Germany
Civil society
Germany > Politics and government > 1945-1990
Germany > Politics and government > 1990-
Online Access:Rezension
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Table of Contents
Civil society activism, memory politics and democracy
Memorial politics and civil society since 1945
Building negative memory: civic initiatives for memorials to Nazi terror
Dig where you stand: the history movement and grassroots memorialization
Memorial aesthetics and the memory movements of the 1980s
A part of history that continues to smolder: remembering East Germany from below
Hybrid memorial institutions and democratic memory

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