Tailoring Truth : : Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990 / / Jon Berndt Olsen.
By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime’...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary European History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. Tailoring Truth in East Germany
- Chapter 1. Mobilizing Memory in the Soviet Occupation Zone
- Chapter 2. The Politics of State Memory
- Chapter 3. Emotional Bonds
- Chapter 4. Broadening the Historical Roots of the State Narrative
- Chapter 5. The Collapse of State-Imposed Memory Culture
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index