Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 228 p)
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ill
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0199276269
Series Statement:
Oxford historical monographs
Content:
AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of the International Brigades was commemorated in the German Democratic Republic. - ;AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed. In the unlikely setting of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the Spanish Civil War became the subject of
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-223) and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Odyssey of the German Volunteers; 2. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Spanienkämpfer in East Germany; 3. The Uses of History: The Party Appropriates Spain; 4. Reluctant Heroes: Veterans and the State Contest the Meaning of the War; 5. Heroes Like Us? The Second Generation Rediscovers the Volunteers; 6. Undiplomatic Statements: Censoring Spain; 7. Stalinism and Silence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199276264
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany : Remembering the International Brigades 1945-1989
Language:
English
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