Preface
Glossary
Note
Part I. Introduction on Judging the East German Past: 1. Interpreting East Germany's history
2. Four types of retrospective justice
Part II. Criminal Justice: Prosecuting GDR Officials: 3. Competing arguments for justice
4. Seeking justice within the law
5. A 'trial of the century'
6. Judicial architects of German unity
7. The risks of going too far
8. An ambiguous message about culpability
Part III. Disqualifying Justice: Searching for Stasi Collaborators: 9. Contending views on the Stasi's reach
10. Level one: distilling truth from the files
11. Level two: screening for Stasi activity
12. Level three: appealing dismissals before the courts
13. The competing messages of screening
Part IV. Moral Justice: Assessing the Complete Record of Dictatorship: 14. Finding fault with the churches
15. A different stand on the Deutschlandpolitik
16. Mixed emotions about the silent majority
17. Revisiting East Germany's difficult past
18. A better commission?
Part V. Corrective Justice: Returning Private Property: 19. The narrow choices behind the property settlement
20. The challenge of implementing the property statute
21. The legitimacy of Jewish claims ...
22. ... But the irreversibility of Soviet expropriations
23. Vying responses to GDR-era injustice
24. The ambiguities of drawing the line: an enduring burden of multiple pasts
Part VI. Conclusion: A Manageable Past?: 25. The FRG's constrained options
26. Judging the past in the right way
27. GDR wrongdoing in perspective
28. Contending venues of justice.
