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Civil society and memory in post-war Germany

Wüstenberg, Jenny, author

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\"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 its past. Told through the stories of memory activists, the study upends some of the conventional wisdom about modern German political history. An analysis of the decades-long struggle over memory and democracy shows how grassroots actors challenged and then took over public institutions of memorialization. In the process, confrontation of the Holocaust has been pushed to the centre of political culture. In unified Germany, memory politics have shifted again, as activists from East Germany have brought attention to the crimes of the East German state. This book delivers a novel and important contribution to scholarship about post-war Germany and the wider study of memory politics.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: 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-
• ISBN: 9781107177468, 9781316628379

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DD67.W76 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE