Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting…mehr
Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting memories of recent German history, as well as the nuances of national and regional constructions of identity.
Anna Saunders is Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures in the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures at the University of Liverpool. Her publications include the monograph Honecker's Children: Youth and Patriotism in Eastern Germany (2007) and the collection Remembering and Rethinking the GDR: Multiple Perspectives and Plural Authenticities (2013, coedited with Debbie Pinfold).
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Key Terms Introduction Chapter 1. Memory, Monuments and Memorialization Chapter 2. Socialist Icons: From Heroes to Villains? Chapter 3. Soviet Special Camps: Reassessing a Repressed Past Chapter 4. 17 June 1953 Uprisings: Remembering a Failed Revolution Chapter 5. The Berlin Wall: Historical Document, Tourist Magnet or Urban Eyesore? Chapter 6. Remembering the 'Peaceful Revolution' and German Unity Conclusion: Beyond the Palimpset Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Key Terms Introduction Chapter 1. Memory, Monuments and Memorialization Chapter 2. Socialist Icons: From Heroes to Villains? Chapter 3. Soviet Special Camps: Reassessing a Repressed Past Chapter 4. 17 June 1953 Uprisings: Remembering a Failed Revolution Chapter 5. The Berlin Wall: Historical Document, Tourist Magnet or Urban Eyesore? Chapter 6. Remembering the 'Peaceful Revolution' and German Unity Conclusion: Beyond the Palimpset Bibliography Index
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