Playing politics with history
the Bundestag inquiries into East Germany
1st ed.
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Publication
2008 - Berghahn Books, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781845455330
- ISBN-101845455339
- LibraryThing7625319
- Library of Congress Control Number2008026631
- OCLC Control Number232002264
and 3 more
- Better World Books9781845455330
- Better World BooksP9-BGH-523
- Open LibraryOL16911874M
Classifications
- DDC943/.1087
- LCCDD290.29 .B43 2008
Description
"After Germany's reunification in 1989-90, the country faced not only the history and consequences of the nation's division during the Cold War but also the continuing burdensome legacy of the Nazi past and the Holocaust. This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East. More specifically, it examines, for the first time, the history and significance of two parliamentary commissions of inquiry created in the 1990s to investigate the divided past after 1945 and its effects on the reunified country. Not unlike "truth commissions" elsewhere, these inquiries provided an important forum for renegotiating contemporary Germany's relationship with multiple German pasts, including the Nazi period and the Holocaust. The ensuing debates and disagreements over the recent past, examined by the author, open up a window into the wider development of German memory, identity, and politics after the end of the Cold War."--BOOK JACKET.
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