Legacies of Stalingrad: remembering the Eastern Front in Germany since 1945

"Christina Morina's book examines the history of the Eastern Front war and its impact on German politics and society throughout the postwar period. She argues that the memory of the Eastern Front war was one of the most crucial and contested themes in each part of the divided Germany. Alth...

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Main Author: Morina, Christina 1976- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:Legacies of Stalingrad: Remembering the Eastern Front in Germany since 1945, Christina Morina (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 312 pp., illus., hardcover, 90.00, e-book available (2012) (Smelser, Ronald)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Russlandfeldzug (1941-1945) / Collective memory / Political culture / History 1945-2010
B World War / East Front / Germany (Bundesrepublik) / Germany (DDR) / History
B Soldier / Memory
Further subjects:B World War, 1939-1945 Influence
B Political Culture (Germany) History 20th century
B Vergangenheitspolitik
B World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns (Eastern Front)
B Stalingrad
B Germany Politics and government 1945-1990
B Coming to terms with the past
B East Front
B Collective Memory (Germany) History 20th century
B Germany Social conditions 20th century
B Germany Politics and government 1990-
B World War
B War and society (Germany) History 20th century
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Summary:"Christina Morina's book examines the history of the Eastern Front war and its impact on German politics and society throughout the postwar period. She argues that the memory of the Eastern Front war was one of the most crucial and contested themes in each part of the divided Germany. Although the Holocaust gained the most prominent position in West German memory, official memory in East Germany centered on the war against the USSR. The book analyzes the ways in which these memories emerged in postwar German political culture during and after the Cold War, and how views of these events played a role in contemporary political debates. The analysis pays close attention to the biographies of the protagonists both during the war and after, drawing distinctions between the accepted, public memory of events and individual encounters with the war"--Provided by publisher
"Christina Morina's book examines the history of the Eastern Front war and its impact on German politics and society throughout the postwar period. She argues that the memory of the Eastern Front war was one of the most crucial and contested themes in each part of the divided Germany. Although the Holocaust gained the most prominent position in West German memory, official memory in East Germany centered on the war against the USSR. The book analyzes the ways in which these memories emerged in postwar German political culture during and after the Cold War, and how views of these events played a role in contemporary political debates. The analysis pays close attention to the biographies of the protagonists both during the war and after, drawing distinctions between the accepted, public memory of events and individual encounters with the war"-- Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
ISBN:1107013046