Jon Berndt Olsen

Tailoring Truth

Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary European History
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781785335020
• ISBN-10: 1785335022
• Artikelnr.: 46602869

Autorenporträt

Jon Berndt Olsen is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Dean of Waldsee, the German language and culture immersion program of Concordia Language Villages. He has been the recipient of awards from the Fulbright Commission, the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council's Berlin Program.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
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 Erosion of State Memory Culture in the GDR
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index